Stone in Architecture
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Telos
Published: November 13, 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780387576268
First sentence: Rock is the basic building material of the earth's crust and the original building material used by man to serve as protection from the severe ice age and post-ice age raw climate; shelters were made of assembled field stones to form a basic house.