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Engineering a Cathedral - by Michael Jackson (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Engineering a Cathedral offers professional engineers, architects and interested lay people a unique opportunity to study the construction of one of the world's finest buildings.
- Author(s): Michael Jackson
- 204 Pages
- Architecture, Buildings
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About the Book
With over 80 illustrations, Engineering a Cathedral is not only relevant to Durham, it is relevant to all other medieval buildings, those who care for them and those who simply stand and wonder.
Book Synopsis
Engineering a Cathedral offers professional engineers, architects and interested lay people a unique opportunity to study the construction of one of the world's finest buildings. Durham cathedral celebrates its 900th anniversary in 1993 and to mark the event a group of engineers have applied their modern knowledge and techniques to its structure.
With over 80 illustrations, Engineering a Cathedral is not only relevant to Durham, it is relevant to all other medieval buildings, those who care for them and those who simply stand and wonder.