CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES IN THE AGE OF HISTORICISM

Architects in the 19th century worked in a time of transition, of varied opinions and emerging techniques, of changing ideas and pra ctices. Research into building construction was both academic and practical, starting with a desire to learn how to build and to des ign the structural elements. As a result, there is an enormous wealth of detailed information about technique in the literature of t he 19th century. Construction methods were rapidly progressing. Thus the book illustrates the history of, and the links between, tec hnical t...[Read more]