Light, wind, and structure : the mystery of the master builders /

Mark, Robert.

Light, wind, and structure : the mystery of the master builders / Robert Mark - McGraw-Hill Edition. - New York : McGraw Hill Education, c1990 - xvii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series foreword -- Preface -- 1. Problems of technological interpretations in historic architecture -- 2. The technology of light, wind, and structure -- 3. Reinterpreting ancient roman structure -- 4. Structural experimentation in high gothic architecture -- 5. Christopher Wren, Seventeenth-century science, and great renaissance domes -- 6. The technological legacy of historic architecture -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.

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