Construction techniques in South and Southeast Asia
Subtitle: a history
By: by Jacques Dumarçay ; translated by Barbara Silverstone, Raphaëlle Dedourge.
Series: Handbook of oriental studies. Section three, South-East Asia -- v. 15 = Handbuch der Orientalistik.; Handbuch der Orientalistik -- 15. Bd.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Building -- Asia.; Building -- Asia, Southeastern.; Construction -- Asie.; Construction -- Asie du Sud-Est.
Description: "Carefully following their historical development, this volume describes the various construction techniques in southern Asia. Readers get acquainted successively with the techniques of carpentry layout, the setting of bricks, stone-cutting and stereotomy, as well as binders and plasterwork. With the help of drawings and photographs it is illustrated how the various difficulties subsequently encountered were met."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]) and index.

Translated from French.
Table of contents: title: Layout and dimensions; title: Wood and carpentry; title: Wood, supports, and stiles; title: Mud as a construction material; title: Stone and stone cutting; title: Binders and plasterworks; title: Overhauls and repairs.