Essentials in architecture : an analysis of the principles & qualities to be looked for in buildings (1907)
Belcher, John, d. 1913, Holmes, Robert, 1861-1930 (association), MacDonald, J. E. H. (James Edward Hervey), 1873-1932, (association), MacDonald, Thoreau, 1901- (autograph) · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 52
tone usedfor support are left rough-hewn, that is, withthe exposed parts not finished off to a smoothsurface, but left rough as though broken out ofthe quarry, they suggest a house built upon the solid rock. A stone wall with a plain smooth surface may beequally strong in fact, but it does not… … 12. The KircARDi PM.ArF,, Florence. STRENGTH. 31 Let the joints in the stonework be marked by achannel, thus— ni II r and an impression of thickness is at once produced,and the wider the channel joints the greater theeffect. The sug-gestion made to the eye and mind bysuch a treatment of the…
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