Vitruvius, architect and engineer : buildings and building techniques in Augustan Rome / Alexander McKay.

Main entry:

McKay, Alexander G., 1924-2007.

Title & Author:

Vitruvius, architect and engineer : buildings and building techniques in Augustan Rome / Alexander McKay.

Publication:

Description:

88 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Series:

Inside the ancient world.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 86) and index.
1. The author and the profession -- 2. A Roman treatise for Romans -- 3. From adobe to marble -- 4. Building programmes at home and aborad -- 5. The materials of construction -- 6. Men and machines -- 7. Town-planning -- 8. Hydraulic gngineering -- 9. Avenues of communication -- 10. Roman technology.

ISBN:

0862921570 (pbk.)
0333183193
9780862921576
9780333183199

Subject:

Vitruvius Pollio.
Vitruvius. De architectura.
Architecture Rome.
Building Rome.
Construction Rome.
Architecture.
Building.
Rome (Empire)

Added entries:

Inside the ancient world.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 127031
Call No.: ID:86-B6173
Status: Available

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