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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455796303321

Autore

Jupp Edmund W

Titolo

Roof watching [[electronic resource] /] / Edmund W. Jupp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Portland, OR, : Intellect, c2002

ISBN

1-280-47724-5

9786610477241

1-84150-837-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (62 p.)

Collana

Watching series

Disciplina

690.15

721.5

Soggetti

Roofs

Roofs - Design and construction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; The Beginnings; The Flat Roof; The Pitched Roof; The Vaulted Roof; Supports; Cladding; Further Reading; Glossary; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of the Watching series is to draw attention to some of the very interesting items around us, things that perhaps we don't notice as much as we might. The first was Bridge Watching, and when this was put ''on the Net'' it produced, to the surprise of the author, such a pleasant flood of e-mail that another was written, called Water Watching. This, too, was kindly received. So it was tempting to continue with the theme. Roof Watching is an invitation to look at the top covering of buildings! Our eyes are set in our faces so that they look horizontally. Hence, in the ordinary way, people