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Spectacular religious buildings, elegant townhouses, long-span bridges or early industrial plants still have the power to amaze us. We stand in awe before the Pantheon in Rome, built around 125 AD, before the cathedral in Trier, Germany’s oldest, or the Doge’s Palace in Venice, which dates to the ninth century. Judged by the norms and standards of today, most of these buildings should no longer be standing.
This book documents traditional building methods, analyzes historic load-bearing systems, and provides an overview of empirical joining techniques and contemporary materials. In separate chapters devoted respectively to construction methods in timber, masonry, steel, and concrete, international examples are analyzed with the help of photos and schematic drawings. Expert technical articles explain why these buildings continue to fascinate and inspire us.
• Profound relevance for the repair and restoration of historic buildings
• Exciting case studies
• A journey through European architectural history
Pages: 368
Language: German
28 × 21 cm
250 b/w ill.
Publication: 22 Aug 2025
ISBN 978-3-0356-2929-3
Publication: 22 Aug 2025
ISBN 978-3-0356-2930-9
Jörg Rehm, Dr.-Ing., architect and conservationist, Lecturer at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
Contributors
Sabine Kuban, specialist in structural engineering, State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Pierluigi D'Acunto, Prof. Dr. sc., Assistant Professor of Structural Design at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
Matthias Jagfeld, Prof. Dr.-Ing., Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany
Jürgen Villain, Prof. Dr.-Ing., Professor of Materials Engineering and Manufacturing Processes in Mechatronics at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Juan María Songel, PhD, Professor at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (ETSA) of the Universidad Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain
Giulia Boller, Dr. sc., Lecturer and post-doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Eberhard Möller, Professor of Architecture and Construction at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Christian Kayser, PD Dr.-Ing. habil., building conservator and architectural historian
Bill Addis, Lecturer in Construction at the University of Reading, UK and Visiting Professor of History of Building Technology