Main entry:

Holzbaukunst. English.

Title & Author:

Architecture in wood : a history of wood building and its techniques in Europe and North America / with contributions by Arne Berg [and others] ; edited by Hans Jürgen Hansen ; translated [from the German] by Janet Seligman.

Publication:

London : Faber and Faber Ltd., 1971.

Description:

288 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 31 cm

Series:

A Studio book

Notes:
Translation of Holzbaukunst.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Early wood building. The results of prehistoric and archaeological research -- Wood building in Europe. Log-buildings, stave-churches, middle-class houses and manor-houses -- Wood building in the British Isles. Medieval halls, timber-framing in town and country -- Wood building in the Netherlands. Churches, houses and windmills -- Wood building in France. Timber-framed buildings, churches, charnel-houses and chalets -- Wood building in Central Europe. Timber-framing in Germany, wooden buildings in the Austrian and Swiss Alps -- Wood building in Eastern and South-eastern Europe. Log-building in villages, towns, churches, mosques and palaces -- Wood building in Italy. The traditions of antiquity, military buildings, bridges, roof-frames and interiors -- Wood building in North America. Colonists' farms, buildings in colonial towns, churches, country-houses.

ISBN:

057109371X
9780571093717

Subject:

Building, Wooden.
Woodwork.
Construction en bois.
Travail du bois.
woodworking.
Timber buildings Architectural features

Added entries:

Hansen, Hans Jürgen, 1921-
Berg, Arne, 1917-2012.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 106452
Call No.: W2917; ID:86-B21330
Status: Available