Stone architecture : ancient and modern construction skills /
Acocella, Alfonso, 1954-
Stone architecture : ancient and modern construction skills / Alfonso Acocella ; translations, Alice Fisher, Patrick John Barr - 1st ed - Milano : Skira , 2006 - 623 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 35 cm
Originally published as L'Architettura di Pietra (Florence : Alinea, c2004)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 614-618) and indexes
Linear Time, Circular Time -- The Beginnings -- First, the stones of Egypt -- Walls -- The construction of walls -- Megalithic walls -- Opus quadratum -- Emplecton walls -- Rusticated masonry -- Contemporary irregular walls -- Regular walls - between oblivion and resuscitation -- Columns -- The essence of columns -- The templar peristyle -- Stoas -- The peristyle -- Solitary rotundity: columns and the "other" modernity -- Architraves -- Architraves and triliths -- Modern triliths -- Arches -- False arches -- The origins of the arch -- Types of arches -- The modern-day relevance of the arch -- Wall and Floor Coverings -- Polychromatic Roman opus seetile -- The flight from colour. Monochromatic scenarios -- Contemporary stone surfaces -- Stone Roofs -- The origins of stone roofs -- Stone roofs in the Alps and Apennines -- Contemporary lose -- Ligurian slate roofs -- Stone roofs in the Mediterranean landscape -- Urban Paving -- Stone-block paving -- Cobblestone paving -- The Material Today -- Varietas and Admiratio
8876246967 9788876246968
Stone buildings--History--Europe
Stone buildings--Design and construction--Europe
NA4130 / A185A4 2006
Stone architecture : ancient and modern construction skills / Alfonso Acocella ; translations, Alice Fisher, Patrick John Barr - 1st ed - Milano : Skira , 2006 - 623 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 35 cm
Originally published as L'Architettura di Pietra (Florence : Alinea, c2004)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 614-618) and indexes
Linear Time, Circular Time -- The Beginnings -- First, the stones of Egypt -- Walls -- The construction of walls -- Megalithic walls -- Opus quadratum -- Emplecton walls -- Rusticated masonry -- Contemporary irregular walls -- Regular walls - between oblivion and resuscitation -- Columns -- The essence of columns -- The templar peristyle -- Stoas -- The peristyle -- Solitary rotundity: columns and the "other" modernity -- Architraves -- Architraves and triliths -- Modern triliths -- Arches -- False arches -- The origins of the arch -- Types of arches -- The modern-day relevance of the arch -- Wall and Floor Coverings -- Polychromatic Roman opus seetile -- The flight from colour. Monochromatic scenarios -- Contemporary stone surfaces -- Stone Roofs -- The origins of stone roofs -- Stone roofs in the Alps and Apennines -- Contemporary lose -- Ligurian slate roofs -- Stone roofs in the Mediterranean landscape -- Urban Paving -- Stone-block paving -- Cobblestone paving -- The Material Today -- Varietas and Admiratio
8876246967 9788876246968
Stone buildings--History--Europe
Stone buildings--Design and construction--Europe
NA4130 / A185A4 2006