内容简介：
Discover the history of buildings -- why they were built and the techniques used in
their construction.
Here is an exciting and informative guide to structures in which we live, work, play
and worship. Superb color photographs offer a unique "eyewitness" view of
buildings from the ground up. See incredible stone gargoyles, where linenfold wood
paneling is found, what a Japanese screen is made of and how a hammer-beam roof
is supported. Learn how stained glass is made, the difference between hipped and
gabled roofs, how medieval tiles were made, what pantiles are and how
stonemasons dress and carve stone. Discover the recipe for limewash, what a
leggett is, what the three Greek "orders" were, how towers are built and how
houses are built on mountainsides, and much, much more!
