Developments in structural form

Mainstone, R. J

ISBN 10: 0713903333 / ISBN 13: 9780713903331

Published by Allen Lane, 1975

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Developments in structural form
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713903333
• ISBN 13: 9780713903331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 55 ounces

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Synopsis

This is a remarkable book, conceived in an original way and one which, so far as I know, has not previously been attempted.'
Sir John Summerson.

'This book should be an inspiration to all architects. . . (it) will become a classic in the history of conservation. . . a remarkable book. It must be studied.'
Sir Bernard Feilden

'Mainstone has been everywhere and seen everything. This is a book for architects, structural engineers and architectural historians - and also for anyone interested in the genesis of structural form.'
Architectural Research Quarterly

From the Publisher

The book first identifies features that distinguish the forms built by man from those shaped by nature and discusses the physical and other constraints on the choices that can be made. It then looks in turn at all the elementary forms - arches, domes, beams, slabs and the like - which combine into the more complex forms of complete structures, and at the different classes of the complete forms themselves. The development of each form is traced chronologically, but with an emphasis on the chronology rather than on the problems that designers have continually faced in trying to serve new ends with limited means or to serve old ones in new ways. The book concludes with a chapter on the processes of design, showing how a growing understanding of structural behavior has widened the designer's freedom of choice.