Roman Building
eBook - ePub

Roman Building

Materials and Techniques

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Roman Building

Materials and Techniques

About this book

This new English edition of Roman Building makes available the most up-to-date revision of the text to a new generation of English scholars of Roman architecture and technology.

Covering every aspect of Roman building techniques from surveying and preparing the materials to decorating and heating the finished structures, this volume offers the most comprehensive discussion of the subject. Placing emphasis on the technical aspects of the subject, it follows the process of building through each stage – from quarry to standing wall, from tree to roof timbers – and how these materials were obtained or manufactured. Besides construction, masonry, carpentry and interiors, this book examines domestic and commercial architecture in shops, baths and workshops, as well as civil engineering projects such as aqueducts and roads.

Illustrated with over 750 photographs, maps and drawings, Roman Building remains the seminal reference work for Roman architectural technology for students and scholars alike.

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Yes, you can access Roman Building by Jean-Pierre Adam, Anthony Mathews in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Communication Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040448342

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Surveying Planning for construction. The groma and the chorobates.
  9. 2 Materials
  10. 3 Construction Using Large Stone Blocks
  11. 4 Structures of Mixed Construction
  12. 5 Masonry Construction
  13. 6 Arches and Vaults
  14. 7 Carpentry
  15. 8 Wall Covering
  16. 9 Floors
  17. 10 Civil Engineering
  18. 11 Domestic and Commercial Architecture
  19. Illustrated lexicon of mouldings
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index