Brick : a world history / James W.P. Campbell ; photographs by Will Pryce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, James W. P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brickwork.

Building, Brick.

Bricks.

Physical Description:

320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2003.

Summary:

This totally original architecture book -- the first comprehensive work on brick, the essential building material -- ranges over every culture throughout history. It follows the story of brick from 5,000 B.C. to the twenty-first century, from the vast baths and basilicas of ancient Rome, through the wonders of Gothic brick in Germany, Buddhist shrines in Burma and Mughal mosques in Iran, to the modern revivial of brick in the hands of architects like Gaudi. Marvelously illustrated with specially taken photographs, the book is at once an historical account of how bricks have been employed by architects of every period, a technical survey of brickmaking and bricklaying and an essay in architectural and cultural history. More than one hundred themes are covered, from bricks in ancient Egypt to their distinctive use by Louis Kahn, Alvar Aalto and Renzo Piano. Works of engineering -- railway viaducts, tunnels and bridges -- are given prominence alongside the great cathedrals and country houses, castles and temples, testifying to the versatility and importance of brick and brickwork. An illustrated glossary explains all technical terms and the various construction and bonding methods in use. The book will prove indispensable to anyone professionally involved in, studying or simply interested in architecture, design and materials.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Ancient Civilisations 10,000 - 500 BC 22

Chapter 2 The Classical World 500 BC - AD 1000 38

Chapter 3 The Medieval World AD 1000 - 1450 78

Chapter 4 The Birth of the Modern World 1450 - 1650 122

Chapter 5 Enlightenment Ideals 1650 - 1800 160

Chapter 6 Mechanisation and Industrialisation 1800 - 1900 202

Chapter 7 Into the Twentieth Century 1900 - 2000 244

Conclusion: What Future for Brick? 300.

ISBN:

0500341958

OCLC:

52531181