Construction Techniques in South and Southeast Asia: A History

by Jacques Dumarçay

Carefully following their historical development, this volume describes the various construction techniques in southern Asia. Readers get acquainted successively with the techniques of carpentry layout, the setting of bricks, stone-cutting and stereotomy, as well as binders and plasterwork. With the help of drawings and photographs it is illustrated how the various difficulties subsequently encountered were met.
The combination of the author's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900414126X
• ISBN13: 9789004141261
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.8"