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Practical Architecture

C W Pasley

 

Hardback £30.00  $60.00

Publication date 2001

288 pages

ISBN 978 1 873394 47 2
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Pasley’s work was first written in 1826 as a course of architecture for his students at the Royal Engineer’s School in Chatham. The original title of the book, Outline of a Course of Practical Architecture is therefore a little misleading to the modern reader as the course was primarily concerned with building construction, concentrating on all aspects of brickwork.

Major General Sir C W Pasley, KCB wanted his students to be in a position to construct, maintain and extend all different types of ordinary brick buildings such as barracks, hospitals and store-houses. But whilst his interest was primarily military structures, the construction techniques were also equally applicable to civil buildings. This book, therefore, provides interesting and useful information on how buildings were being constructed a hundred and fifty years ago, and the type of limes and cements that were used.

In addition to the material on mortars and cements, it examines in detail the bonds in brickwork and provides full coverage of different types of arches and how they are formed. It also explains the specific aspects relating to the construction of hollow or double walls; copings; chimneys and chimney breasts; gateways; brick ornamentation and so on.

Practical Architecture will be of interest to architects, surveyors and structural engineers and all those involved in the repair and conservation of brick structures.

 

Introduction to the 2001 edition
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The author:
Charles William Pasley (1780-1861) was a general in the Royal Engineers. In 1812 he established a new military educational institution, The Royal Engineer Establishment at Chatham.
From the reviews:
Pasley’s work is bound to be of great help to architects and surveyors involved in the conservation of brick buildings of the nineteenth century.

RICS Building Conservation Journal

 

This book is a most helpful aid to anyone concerned with the investigation and surveying of buildings constructed during this period, particularly in regard to the practical detail.

Building Engineer

 

The book will be of immense use not only to architects and engineers faced with the need to repair brick buildings of the period, but also to those who have a desire to build new buildings in authentic, solid, loadbearing brickwork.

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