TY  - BOOK
AU  - Acocella,Alfonso
TI  - Stone architecture: ancient and modern construction skills 
SN  - 8876246967
AV  - NA4130 A185A4 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Milano
PB  - Skira
KW  - Stone buildings
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - Design and construction
N1  - 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
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