Roman Building

Materials and Techniques
2. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-138-54968-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 712 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm

This new English edition of Roman Building makes available the most up-to-date revision of the text to a new generation of English scholars of Roman architecture and technology.

Covering every aspect of Roman building techniques from surveying and preparing the materials to decorating and heating the finished structures, this volume offers the most comprehensive discussion of the subject. Placing emphasis on the technical aspects of the subject, it follows the process of building through each stage – from quarry to standing wall, from tree to roof timbers – and how these materials were obtained or manufactured. As well as construction, masonry, carpentry and interiors, this book also examines domestic and commercial architecture in shops, baths and workshops, as well as civil engineering projects such as aqueducts and roads.

Illustrated with over 750 photographs, maps and drawings, Roman Building remains the seminal reference work for Roman architectural technology for students and scholars alike.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adam, Jean-Pierre

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mathews, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Surveying; 2. Materials; 3. Construction using Large Stone Blocks; 4. Structures of Mixed Construction; 5. Masonry Construction; 6. Arches and Vaults; 7. Carpentry; 8. Wall Covering; 9. Floors; 10. Civil Engineering; 11. Domestic and Commercial Architecture.

Über Autor(innen)

Jean-Pierre Adam, architect and archaeologist, was head of the Paris office of the Institute for Research on Ancient Architecture (CNRS) from 1972 to 2022.