- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Cassell Illustrated; Pbk. Ed edition (17 Feb 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841880396
- ISBN-13: 978-1841880396
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 24.6 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 967,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Throughout the long history of building, the simple brick has served many functions in many guises. This is a study of this universal building material, throughout history and around the world. As well as tracing the long and remarkable story of the many uses of the brick, it surveys the myriad designs possible in brick architecture and the techniques of brick fabrication, and examines the engineering properties of brickwork when used as a major structural component - from the simple garden wall to the arch, to the mediaeval cathedral. A comprehensive technical section covers materials and construction techniques - brick types, their manufacture, selection of which brick for which job, construction techniques (mortars, jointing, pointing and bonding), structural techniques (walls, buttresses, corbelling, cornices, arches and vaults) and conservation.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A celebration of brick !
10 April 1997
Format:Hardcover
An inspirational book that explores the varried and colourfullhistory of brick masonry technolgy,
from the simple mud brick to thesoaring splender of todays high rise edifface.
Not just an exercise in architectual grandiose, this well illustrated volume takes the reader to
the building and shows how and why it is what we see today. As a mason I was impressed and enlightened.
from the simple mud brick to thesoaring splender of todays high rise edifface.
Not just an exercise in architectual grandiose, this well illustrated volume takes the reader to
the building and shows how and why it is what we see today. As a mason I was impressed and enlightened.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Brick in two parts
18 April 2002
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Part one by one author traces the history of brick construction, as an art historian. Part two by an architect discusses the technology--from the mining of clay deposits through the molding process. Very thorough and easy to read.
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