Building Construction Before Mechanization

by John Fitchen

Book Overview

How were huge stones moved from quarries to the sites of Egyptian pyramids? How did the cathedral builders of the Middle Ages lift blocks to great heights by muscle power alone? In this intriguing book John Fitchen explains and illustrates the solutions to these and many other puzzles in preindustrial building construction. This is the first general survey of the practices and role of the builder (as opposed to the designer) in constructing an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026256047X
• ISBN13: 9780262560474
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher