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Architectural technology up to the scientific revolution : the art and structure of large-scale buildings
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ISBN: 0262132877 Year: 1993 Volume: *2 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press


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Light, wind, and structure : the mystery of the master builders
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ISBN: 026213246X Year: 1990 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. The MIT Press

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Robert Mark plumbs the mystery of the great buildings of ancient Rome, the High Gothic era, and the Renaissance, revealing the astonishing depth of knowledge the ancient builders possessed. His findings provide a stronger technological focus for architectural history and a basis for more rational criticism of contemporary design. The Sydney Opera House, with its vast cost overruns and its years of delay, is a glaring example of misbegotten notions of structural honesty. MIT's Kresge Auditorium was conceived for visual effect without regard for technological flaws that arose from the misapplied criteria of form-follows function and forced its closing for more than a year. And in the building of Boston's John Hancock Tower, structural imperatives, were literally thrown to the winds. These are just a few of the eases in which the role of technology in the design of a large scale building has been either neglected or confused. In this book Robert Mark shows how an understanding of the technology of historical architecture can illuminate, even help eliminate, such costly misconceptions. Mark focuses on three eras - ancient Rome, the era of structural experimentation in High Gothic architecture, and the time of the great Renaissance domes - that have had lasting impacts on architectural planning. He makes full use of sophisticated computer modeling to gain new insights into early design methods insights that allow him to reinterpret technological precedents that are often misunderstood in contemporary architecture. Mark's provocative findings provide a stronger technological focus for architectural history and a basis for more rational criticism of contemporary design.


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Policing a perplexed society.
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ISBN: 0043630065 Year: 1977 Publisher: London : Allen and Unwin,

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In the office of constable
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ISBN: 0006357830 Year: 1979 Publisher: London Fontana

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In the office of constable
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ISBN: 0002160323 Year: 1979 Publisher: London Collins

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Police, government and accountability
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ISBN: 0333432266 0333426894 Year: 1987 Publisher: Basingstoke Macmillan


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The Qur'an in context
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ISBN: 0830893431 9780830851423 0830851429 9780830893430 Year: 2016 Publisher: Downers Grove, IL

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