Architectural Building Construction: A Text Book For The Architectural And Building Student: 2 Volumes book by Walter R. Jaggard, Francis E. Drury

Walter R. Jaggard, Francis E. Drury

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 1938

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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning wear and marking due to age. 2 Volumes. 5 Pullout Plans in back. Year 1938. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> That there are many existing books on Building Construction is a well-recognized fact; that some of them have excellent matter, and others have good illustrations is also duly acknowledged, but from a long experience in the practice of Architecture, both in England and the Colonies, and many years of teaching architectural principles and the science of building construction, the authors have been forced to the conclusion that something more in the way of Text books is needed for the following reasons. Building Construction should not be divorced from the Prin-ciples of Architectural Design. Although it is sometimes true that we find an Architect who can design pleasing structures with little or no knowledge of building construction, it is an undoubted fact that a fine conception of noble architecture must be based upon an intimate and complete knowledge of the proper use of materials, the scientific and fit assembly of the varying units, and an honest.

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• Titolo: Architectural Building Construction: A Text Book For The Architectural And Building Student: 2 Volumes book by Walter R. Jaggard, Francis E. Drury
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1938
• Lingua: Inglese
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Good
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