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Brick
A World History
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An acclaimed survey of brick architecture throughout the world and throughout history, from brick architecture in ancient Rome to Buddhist Pagan in the Far East and the exciting contemporary use of brick, especially in the USA and France
This totally original architecture book - the first ever comprehensive study of brick - follows the story of brick from 5,000 bc to its use in building today, via the vast baths and basilicas of ancient Rome, through the wonders of Gothic brick in Germany, the majestic temples of Pagan and Mughal mosques in Iran, to its modern revival.
Marvellously illustrated with spectacular, specially-taken photographs, Brick is at once an historical account of how bricks have been employed by architects of every period, a technical survey of brickmaking and bricklaying, and an essay in architectural and cultural history. The authors have applied their expert visual and technical knowledge to more than one hundred themes, from bricks in ancient Egypt to their distinctive use by such modern masters as Louis Kahn, Alvar Aalto and Renzo Piano. Great works of engineering - viaducts, tunnels and bridges - are given prominence alongside great cathedrals and country houses, temples and mosques, testifying to the incredible versatility and importance of bricks and brickwork.
Marvellously illustrated with spectacular, specially-taken photographs, Brick is at once an historical account of how bricks have been employed by architects of every period, a technical survey of brickmaking and bricklaying, and an essay in architectural and cultural history. The authors have applied their expert visual and technical knowledge to more than one hundred themes, from bricks in ancient Egypt to their distinctive use by such modern masters as Louis Kahn, Alvar Aalto and Renzo Piano. Great works of engineering - viaducts, tunnels and bridges - are given prominence alongside great cathedrals and country houses, temples and mosques, testifying to the incredible versatility and importance of bricks and brickwork.
Extent: 320 pp
Format: Hardback
Illustrations: with over 600 illustrations, 570 in colour
Publication date: 2016-02-03
Size: 30.1 x 23.7 cm
ISBN: 9780500343197
Praise for Brick
Wonderful ... highly seductive for any architect, with page after page of beautiful large photographs of every conceivable way of using brick ... the pictures, juxtapositions and themes are compelling
RIBA Journal
As a visually seductive and accessible account of its subject, this book is unlikely to be bettered for many a year
The Architects’ Journal
About the Author
Will Pryce, a trained architect and award-winning photographer, is the author of six books, all published by Thames & Hudson. James W. P. Campbell, Fellow in Architecture and History of Art, Queens' College, Cambridge, is the author of Building St Paul's and Brick: A World History, also with Will Pryce.
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