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In the first of two articles, John Goodall describes the architectural development of Wells Cathedral and the struggle of its late-medieval clergy.
août 1998 Bruxelles, Place Poelaert, Palais de Justice (Joseph Poelaert, 1866-83)
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Discover the beauty of traditional Japanese bathroom design, featuring unique elements and techniques that create calming and harmonious spaces inspired by Japanese aesthetics. Explore various designs that seamlessly integrate natural materials, minimalist layouts, and indoor-outdoor connections to create visually stunning and functional bathrooms perfect for relaxation and rejuvenation.
The Iranian architecture studio Rvad Studio designed the Tagh Behesht a mixed use building in Mashhad, Iran.
Giuseppe Galli Bibiena 1695-1757, Architectural Fantasy. Verso: scale development of wings, 1982.75:118
When this book was first published in 1930, there was no shortage of excellent books dealing with the architectural styles of ancient Egypt; no book of any significance, however, discussed in detail the actual construction methods used to erect some of the world's most colossal and enduring structures.This profusely illustrated volume remedied that situation by providing the first important description and analysis of Egyptian building practices, which differed radically from those of classical, medieval or modern architecture. Based on thirty years of research and investigation, much of it firsthand, the present work offers a detailed examination of Egyptian quarrying methods, transportation of stone, foundations, mortar, techniques for dressing and laying blocks of stone, pyramid construction, facing, sculpturing and painting masonry, brickwork, Egyptian mathematics and much more.Nearly 270 photographs and other illustrations bring the text to life, providing superb pictorial documentation of actual sites and excavations, quarries, building plans, architects' diagrams and elevations and a myriad of construction details. Also presented are such evocative materials as a map for gold miners in the time of Seti I, photographs of tool marks left by ancient quarry workers, mason's guidelines on a column in the Great Hall at Karnak, a scene of workmen polishing a sphinx and other small details that bridge the centuries and remind us that flesh-and-blood human beings sweated and toiled to accomplish the marvelous technical feats so well described here.For any student of ancient Egypt, this will be an enlightening and fascinating survey. For architects, engineers, and students of the history of technology, the book offers a revealing picture of early techniques of monumental construction. 125 photographs. 144 line illustrations.
