Roof watching / Edmund W. Jupp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jupp, Edmund W.

Series:

Watching series.

Watching series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roofs.

Roofs--Design and construction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Intellect, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of the Watching series is to draw attention to some of the very interesting items around us, things that perhaps we don't notice as much as we might. The first was Bridge Watching, and when this was put ''on the Net'' it produced, to the surprise of the author, such a pleasant flood of e-mail that another was written, called Water Watching. This, too, was kindly received. So it was tempting to continue with the theme. Roof Watching is an invitation to look at the top covering of buildings! Our eyes are set in our faces so that they look horizontally. Hence, in the ordinary way, people

Contents:

Front cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; The Beginnings; The Flat Roof; The Pitched Roof; The Vaulted Roof; Supports; Cladding; Further Reading; Glossary; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-47724-5

9786610477241

1-84150-837-3

OCLC:

476029187