Guastavino Vaulting

The Art of Structural Tile

John Ochsendorf (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2014
Princeton Architectural Press (Verlag)
978-1-61689-244-9 (ISBN)

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The first monograph on the Rafael Guastavino family pioneers who shaped America's architecture, now in Paperback.

A scholarly history of the technology of Guastavino vaulting accompanies archival images and beautiful new colour photography showcasing the most incredible Guastavino vaulted spaces. Versatile, strong and fireproof, thin-tile vaults were built by Guastavino in more than two hundred major buildings in Manhattan and in over six hundred buildings across America.

John Ochsendorf is an engineer and educator specialising in historic structures. He was awarded the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome and was named a MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He is the Class of 1942 professor of architecture and civil and environmental engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2014
Illustrationen	Michael Freeman
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 278 mm
Gewicht	1000 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-61689-244-7 / 1616892447
ISBN-13	978-1-61689-244-9 / 9781616892449
Zustand	Neuware