Brickwork: Architecture and Design

By Andrew Plumridge and Wim Meulenkamp

Book Overview

A color celebration of building blocks, traditional and modern, meticulous drawings of a variety of brickwork, and a consideration of brick construction worldwide combine to tell the history of this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810931230
• ISBN13: 9780810931237
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.0" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Brick in two parts

Part one by one author traces the history of brick construction, as an art historian. Part two by an architect discusses the technology--from the mining of clay deposits through the molding process. Very thorough and easy to read.

A celebration of brick !

An inspirational book that explores the varried and colourfullhistory of brick masonry technolgy, from the simple mud brick to thesoaring splender of todays high rise edifface. Not just an exercise in architectual grandiose, this well illustrated volume takes the reader to the building and shows how and why it is what we see today. As a mason I was impressed and enlightened.