Timber Buildings in Britain - Couverture souple

Brunskill, R. W.

 
9780575067356: Timber Buildings in Britain

Synopsis

This beautiful book is in four sections: the first on types of timber construction -- walls, roofs, floors; the second part comprises a remarkable illustrated Glossary of terms used in timber building; part three is an illustrated chronological survey of timber buildings from Saxon times up to the nineteenth century; part four covers regional variations in building types backed up by six distribution maps. Virtually every page has at least one illustration.

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À propos de l?auteur

* Professor Brunskill is the recognised authority on vernacular architecture * He is former Commissioner of English Heritage and Vice-Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. He is Chairman of the Ancient Monuments Society

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