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Columns / Jonathan Adams

By: Adams, Jonathan.
Series: Detail in building. Publisher: London : Academy Editions, 1998Description: 96 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0471978078.Subject(s): ColumnsDDC classification: 721.3
Contents:
Foreword. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. The Classical Column And The Origin Of Architecture. - Ch. 2. Columns, Buildings And The Rise of Technology. - Ch. 3. Some Twentieth-Century Paradigms. - Ch. 4. Monoliths. - Conclusion. - Case Studies. Matthew Digby Wyatt(with Isambard Kingdom Brunei). Christiani + Nielsen Engineers. Wind Energy Group. Alsop & Stormer. Aker Maritime Engineers. Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners. Atelier One Engineers. Brooks Stacey Randall Fursdon Architects. John Outram - Bibliography.
Summary: Columns presents case studies of modern columns used in buildings today, demonstrating their continued significance within architecture and the way in which historical precedents have been tailored to contemporary needs. The author compares columns built by the ancient Greeks with those characteristic of other recognised important cultures and periods of architecture up to the modern day. The comparisons are technically based: concerned with form and use of materials, structural purpose and execution. - Back cover.
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Foreword. - Introduction. - Ch. 1. The Classical Column And The Origin Of Architecture. - Ch. 2. Columns, Buildings And The Rise of Technology. - Ch. 3. Some Twentieth-Century Paradigms. - Ch. 4. Monoliths. - Conclusion. - Case Studies. Matthew Digby Wyatt(with Isambard Kingdom Brunei). Christiani + Nielsen Engineers. Wind Energy Group. Alsop & Stormer. Aker Maritime Engineers. Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners. Atelier One Engineers. Brooks Stacey Randall Fursdon Architects. John Outram - Bibliography.

Columns presents case studies of modern columns used in buildings today, demonstrating their continued significance within architecture and the way in which historical precedents have been tailored to contemporary needs. The author compares columns built by the ancient Greeks with those characteristic of other recognised important cultures and periods of architecture up to the modern day. The comparisons are technically based: concerned with form and use of materials, structural purpose and execution. - Back cover.