Stone architecture : ancient and modern construction skills / Alfonso Acocella ; translations, Alice Fisher, Patrick John Barr
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publication details: Milano : Skira , 2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 623 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 35 cmISBN: - 8876246967
- 9788876246968
- L'architettura di pietra : antichi e nuovi magisteri costruttivi. English
- NA4130 A185A4 2006
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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
Originally published as L'Architettura di Pietra (Florence : Alinea, c2004)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 614-618) and indexes
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