Staircases
Subtitle: Design and Construction
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel; Birkhauser Verlag; Birkhauser
Published: December 4, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9783764364915
Subjects: Architectural structure & design; Theory of architecture; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Architecture; Design & Drafting; Architecture / General; Non-Classifiable; General
First sentence: If one were to go in search of details on how to plan and construct a staircase in Vitruvius' The Ten Books on Architecture, one would be quickly disappointed that these building elements were obviously not yet important enough to be worthy of extensive acknowledgement.