Publication

2001-03-01 - The MIT Press

Language

English

Word Count

87,500 words, Guess

Page Count

350 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100262024993
  • ISBN-139780262024990
  • Goodreads1322522
  • LibraryThing528304
  • Library of Congress Control Number00064599
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Classifications

  • LCCTH4809.G3B43 2001
  • LCCTH4809.G3 B43 2001

Description

"The Siegen industrial region is located in Germany some sixty miles east of Cologne. It is one of the oldest iron-producing regions of Europe. For a long time a law, passed in 1790, regulated the use of wood for building purposes intending to save wood, which, in the form of charcoal, was the energy base for iron-smelting. Owing to this self-imposed restriction an ideal framework structure in housebuilding developed, eliminating all construction elements that served only ornamental purposes."--BOOK JACKET.

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