The Ten Books on Architecture
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- First published
- Late 1st century BCE (original work)
- Pages
- 304Digital editionReference edition
- Reading time
- About 6 hours13 half-hour sittings
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- Not set
A little about the book
Vitruvius describes what an architect needs to know about sites, materials, buildings and machines. The ten books move from the choice of a healthy location to such practical subjects as water and mechanical devices.
The work is easiest to approach by a subject that interests you. Its treatment of a theatre or a temple gives a concrete route into larger claims about what makes a design successful.
Is it for you?
You’ll enjoy it if you like
- Roman architecture
- history of engineering
- classical technical writing
Things You May Not Know About The Ten Books on Architecture
- The ten books cover machinery as well as buildings.
- Vitruvius associates good building with durability, usefulness and beauty.
About this edition
This English edition comes from Project Gutenberg. The Freebookia PDF has 304 pages. The EPUB adjusts to your reading settings.
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