Description

This first comprehensive study of brick is at once an historical account of how bricks have been employed by architects of every period, a technical survey of brickmaking and bricklaying, and an essay in architectural and cultural history.

Arranged chronolgically, the chapters cover
1 Ancient civilizations
2 The Classical World
3 The Medieval World
4 The Birth of the Modern World
5 Enlightenment Ideals
6 Mechanization and Industrialization
7 Into the 20th Century
8 What Future for Brick?.