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Study Materials
Readings
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Required Readings
Heyman, J. The Stone Skeleton. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN: 0521629632.
Zalewski, W., and E. Allen. Shaping Structures: Statics. New York: Wiley, 1998. ISBN: 0471169684.
Additional Texts
Acland, J. The Gothic Vault. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972. ISBN: 0802018866.
Feilden, B. Conservation of Historic Buildings. Boston: Butterworth, 1994. ISBN: 0750658630.
Fitchen, J. Building Construction Before Mechanization. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986. ISBN 026256047X.
———. The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961. ISBN: 0226252035.
Freidman, D. Historical Building Construction. New York: Norton, 1995. ISBN: 0393702006.
Levy, M., and M. Salvadori. Why Buildings Fall Down. New York: Norton, 1992. ISBN: 039331152X.
Mark, R. Light, Wind, and Structure. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. ISBN 026263158X.
———. Architectural Technology up to the Scientific Revolution. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993. ISBN 0262631571.
Mainstone, R. Developments in Structural Form. 2nd ed. Boston: Architectural Press, 2001. ISBN: 0750654511.
Rabun, J. S. Structural Analysis of Historic Buildings. New York: Wiley, 2000. ISBN: 0471315451.