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Hardcover Experiments in Gothic Structure Book

ISBN: 0262131706

ISBN13: 9780262131704

Experiments in Gothic Structure

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This fascinating study of the structural elements of Gothic cathedrals is written by an engineer who has spent the last 15 years applying analytical techniques of structural mechanics to Gothic buildings. Like a detective, he uses these techniques to solve continuing historical arguments about whether flying buttresses hold the roof up or are merely decorative, whether ornate pinnacles atop piers are structurally necessary or purely aesthetic, whether...

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