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Introduction To The History Of Structura
Edoardo Benvenuto
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Description for Introduction To The History Of Structura
Paperback. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 574.
This book is one of the finest I have ever read. To write a foreword for it is an honor, difficult to accept. Everyone knows that architects and master masons, long before there were mathematical theories, erected structures of astonishing originality, strength, and beauty. Many of these still stand. Were it not for our now acid atmosphere, we could expect them to stand for centuries more. We admire early architects' visible success in the distribution and balance of thrusts, and we presume that master masons had rules, perhaps held secret, that enabled them to turn architects' bold designs into reality. ... Read more
This book is one of the finest I have ever read. To write a foreword for it is an honor, difficult to accept. Everyone knows that architects and master masons, long before there were mathematical theories, erected structures of astonishing originality, strength, and beauty. Many of these still stand. Were it not for our now acid atmosphere, we could expect them to stand for centuries more. We admire early architects' visible success in the distribution and balance of thrusts, and we presume that master masons had rules, perhaps held secret, that enabled them to turn architects' bold designs into reality. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461277453
SKU
V9781461277453
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