Building with Stone
Author : Charles McRaven
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Category : Building, Stone
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Author : Charles McRaven
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
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Category : Building, Stone
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Page : 392 pages
File Size : 10,9 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Architecture
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Author : J. Cassar
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 18,42 MB
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862393761
There is considerable academic and practical interest in stone and stone buildings, as exemplified by the wide range of high-quality and innovative work being conducted in the pursuit of the effective preservation and restoration of historic buildings. This is reflected in the numerous publications on stone and stone buildings that regularly find their way into the public domain. Not least amongst these are a number of Geological Society Special Publications, which have appeared in recent years. This current volume seeks to bring to the attention of the various professionals in the field (geologists, architects, engineers, conservators and conservation scientists) recent work centred on the characterization and performance of this important resource and its use in historic buildings. The volume has wider relevance, including to those interested in the heritage of stone.
Author : Erhard Winkler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3662100703
The readers of the first two editions of Stone: Properties, Durabi lity in Man's Environment, were mostly architects, restoration architects of buildings and monuments in natural stone, profes sionals who sought basic technical information for non-geologists. The increasing awareness of rapidly decaying monuments and their rescue from loss to future generations have urged this writer to update the 1973 and 1975 editions, now unavailable and out of print. Due to the 20-year-Iong interval, extensive updating was necessary to produce this new book. The present edition concentrates on the natural material stone, as building stone, dimension stone, architectural stone, and decorative field stones. Recently, the use of stone for thin curtain walls on buildings has become fashionable. The thin slabs exposed to anew, unknown complexity of stresses, resulting in bowing of crystalline marble, has attracted much negative pUblicity. The costs of replacing white slabs of marble on entire buildings with its legal implications have led construction com panies into bankruptcy. We blame many environmental problems on acid rain. Does acid rain really accelerate stone decay that much? Stone preservation is being attempted with an ever-increasing number of chemicals applied by as many specialists to save crumbling stone. Chemists filled this need during a time of temporary job scarcity, while the general geologist missed this opportunity; he was too deeply involved in the search for fossil fuels and metals.
Author : Mary E. Gage
Publisher : Powwow River Books
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 31,1 MB
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0981614183
A Guide to New England Stone Structures is a basic field guide to identifying the many different types of stone structures found while hiking through the forest and conservation lands in New England.
Author : Committee on Conservation of Historic Stone Buildings and Monuments
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Page : 392 pages
File Size : 27,26 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Architecture
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Author : John Ashurst
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 33,28 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0750638982
One of the problems which beset the conservation of stone buildings is the fragmentation of the disciplines involved. This book brings these disciplines together by the involvement of contributors with different experiences & approaches.
Author : David Odgers
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,43 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780754645528
Stone considers the wide variety of historical uses, from simple masonry walling through to elaborate carving and decoration. The book considers why stone decays or fails and how to assess and understand the causes, before concentrating on the practical methods of treatment, repair and maintenance.
Author : Robert Thorson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 45,55 MB
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0802719201
There once may have been 250,000 miles of stone walls in America's Northeast, stretching farther than the distance to the moon. They took three billion man-hours to build. And even though most are crumbling today, they contain a magnificent scientific and cultural story-about the geothermal forces that formed their stones, the tectonic movements that brought them to the surface, the glacial tide that broke them apart, the earth that held them for so long, and about the humans who built them. Stone walls layer time like Russian dolls, their smallest elements reflecting the longest spans, and Thorson urges us to study them, for each stone has its own story. Linking geological history to the early American experience, Stone by Stone presents a fascinating picture of the land the Pilgrims settled, allowing us to see and understand it with new eyes.
Author : Sarah Gunn
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 34,92 MB
Release : 2012-05-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0643106863
Stone House Construction is a comprehensive study of Australian stone building techniques in a residential context, for people with an interest in building or renovating, including property owners, architects and builders. It has a strong theme of historic stone buildings, as traditional forms of building respond to the need for structural integrity and stability over time against weathering. The book covers aspects of building in locally sourced stone, from quarrying on-site to building arches over openings for upper storey walls, and is a source book of examples and methods to help the reader to carry on a tradition of building in local stone. Stone buildings inspire people because they transfer a natural beauty to a human achievement. The book shows many examples of Australian stonework that have not been given exposure in previous architectural references. It promotes Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) through the continuation of a stonework tradition in Australia.