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BUILDING

Eyewitness

Building

Eyewitness

18th century carved

and stippled staircase

tread end

Porcelain tile made in China

during the Han Dynasty

Dutch

Delftware tile

Wrought-iron

baluster

Octagonal tower

of the Château de

Chamerolles, France

Gabled town house,

Lemgo, Germany

Part of a

Mesopotamian brick

course, 6th century B.C.

Medieval gargoyle

of man with flat cap

Eyewitness

Medieval gargoyle of

monk wearing a cowl

Building

Written by

PHILIP WILKINSON

Photographed by

DAVE KING & GEOFF DANN

Crown post used

as a roof support

Victorian fanlight

16th-century wrought-

iron casement window

DK Publishing, Inc.

18th-century

wooden

architrave

Tiles laid in

a fish-scale

pattern

LONDON, NEW YORK,

MELBOURNE, MUNICH, and DELHI

Model of Georgian town

house, Bath, England

Project editor Miranda Smith

Art editor Manisha Patel

Editor Djinn von Noorden

Managing editor Simon Adams

Managing art editor Julia Harris

Researcher Céline Carez

Production Catherine Semark

Picture research Cynthia Hole

This Eyewitness ® Book has been conceived by

Dorling Kindersley Limited and Editions Gallimard

First American edition, 1995

Published in the United States by

Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.

95 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10016

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Traditional tin-glazed

earthenware Delft tile

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Mullion brick in its

wooden mold

Detail from

medieval

stained glass

window,

Canterbury

Cathedral,

England

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wilkinson, Philip.

Building / written by Philip Wilkinson;

photographed by Dave King & Geoff Dann.

p. cm. — (Eyewitness Books) Includes index.

1. Structural engineering—Juvenile literature. 2. House

construction—Juvenile literature. 3. Building materials—Juvenile literature

[1. Structural engineering. 2. House construction. 3. Building materials.]

I. King, Dave, ill. II. Dann, Geoff, ill. III. Title. IV. Series.

TA634.W54 2000 690—dc20

ISBN 0-7894-6027-0 (pb)

ISBN 0-7894-6026-2 (hc)

Color reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore

Printed in China by Toppan Printing Co. (Shenzhen) Ltd.

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section of an

oak tree trunk

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