The Stone Skeleton
Subtitle: Structural Engineering of Masonry Architecture
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780521629638
Subjects: Building construction & materials; Mechanical engineering; Engineering - Civil; Technology; Architecture; Design & Drafting; History - General; Architecture / History; Architecture-Design & Drafting; Technology / Engineering / Civil; Technology-Engineering - Civil; Construction - General
First sentence: Masonry is an assemblage of stones - or bricks, or indeed sun-dried mud (adobe) - classified for convenience with certain distinct labels, as Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, but recognized by engineers as having a common structural action.