- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (64 p.) : ill. (some col.).
- Summary
- Covers the components and construction materials of a building, and discusses staircases, fireplaces, doors, windows, and ornament.
- Series Statement
- Eyewitness Books
- Gale virtual reference library
- Uniform Title
- Building (Online)
- DK eyewitness books.
- Alternative Title
- Building (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record.
- Contents
- What is a building? -- Building with wood -- Wooden houses -- Earth and all its uses -- Building with bricks -- Stone and its uses -- Carved in stone -- Building a building -- Timber-framed buildings -- Supporting the roof -- Covering up -- On the roof -- Thatching -- Columns and arches -- Vaults -- Reach for the sky -- Staircases -- Fireplaces and chimneys -- Wall and floor tiles -- Under your feet -- Doors and doorways -- Windows -- Stained glass -- Finishing off -- Balconies -- Finishing touches -- Building in difficult places.
- OCLC
- ssj0000413289
- Author
Wilkinson, Philip.
- Title
Building [electronic resource] / written by Philip Wilkinson ; photographed by Dave King & Geoff Dann.
- Imprint
London : DK Pub. Inc., c2000.
- Series
Eyewitness Books
Gale virtual reference library
DK eyewitness books.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
King, Dave (Photographer)
Dann, Geoff.
Gale Group.
- Other Form:
Print version: Building. London : DK Pub., Inc., c2000 9780789460264