Twenty-two articles from 1965-96 two published here for the first time by the aptly named Mainstone (the preface's St. Albans sign-off being the only clue to the author's affiliation) include five general studies of the genesis of innovation in structural theory and design in the pre-scientific and more recent past, and detailed studies of particular buildings and structures. Replete with b&w photos, diagrams, and drawings of such architectural glories as Istanbul's Great Church of Hagia Sophia, the dome of St. Peter's, and Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse in England. Chapters devoted to a particular achievement are arranged in chronological order; introductory remarks accompany papers originally written in response to others. Sources of articles include the Architectural Review , Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians , and The Structural Engineer . Indexed by subject; bridges, buildings, and places; and persons. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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'During 40 years Rowland Mainstone has been a prolific and original writer on developments in the history of architectural structures. This collection of 22 of his papers demonstrates their quality and authority...These papers should help destroy the popular myth that we do not know how cathedrals and great works of antiquity were designed or built...They should be essential reading for everyone engaged in restoring and conserving buildings, and will be equally rewarding for the sheer pleasure of better understanding the enormity of our debt to the technical achievements of past centuries.' Architectural Review '...very readable and has much to interest the practising engineer or anyone with a visual sense and an enquiring mind.' Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings News 'With the depth of research reported, the great wealth of its references, and its illumination of such diverse themes and topics, the book must easily claim space in architectural libraries and provide stimuli for further studies. Significant assistance to the wide variety of studies which can be envisaged is given by the inclusion of three separate indexes, for 'subjects', 'bridges, buildings and places', and 'persons'.' Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain Newsletter
Contents: Intuition and the springs of structural invention; The springs
of invention revisited; The role of tradition in the development of form in
domes, shells, and space structures; Structural theory and design before
1742; Developments in structural design since the seventeenth century
especially in Britain; Structural analysis, structural insights, and
historical interpretation; On the structure of the Roman Pantheon; The
structure of the church of St Sophia, Istanbul; The reconstruction of the
tympana of St Sophia at Istanbul; Hagia Sophia: Justinians Church of Divine
Wisdom, later the Mosque of Ayasofya, in Istanbul; Hagia Sophias first dome;
The structural conservation of Hagia Sophia: past history and present needs;
The first and second churches of San Marco reconsidered; Squinches and
pedentives: comments on problems of definition; Westminster Hall roof;
Brunelleschis dome of S. Maria del Fiore and some related structures;
Brunelleschis dome; The dome of St Peters: structural aspects of its design
and construction and inquiries into its stability; Sinans Suleymaniye Mosque
and Justinians Hagia Sophia; Designs for ribbed vaults by Guarini and
Leonardo; The reinforced flat arches of the east colonnade of the Louvre; The
Eddystone Lighthouse; Additional notes and comments; Index of subjects; Index
of buildings; Index of persons.
Rowland J. Mainstone, formerly Building Research Establishment, University College, London, and University of Leeds, UK and University of Leuven, Belgium
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