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Perhaps not one of the innumerable visitors to the familiar monument of the Herodeion has heard or even considered that it was the tallest building in the country until the era of the Hilton and Athens Tower, or that it must, even today, hold the world record for the largest span of a roof (50 m) made from natural timbers without intermediate supports. Despite the literary references to a roof, most archaeologists and architectural historians assert that spanning the enormous distance separating the walls of the Herodeion was simply impossible. And yet, even in its current ruined state, the building preserves structural details that show without doubt that a roof once existed, and at the same time indicate the basic arrangement of its trusses. The reconstruction proposed here by the author is based on all the surviving evidence from the building itself, and takes into consideration what is known about the great achievements of the Romans in this particular area, including bridge-making, the achievements of wooden construction in general prior to the industrial age, and what is known about the scientific knowledge of the ancients. The first part, in the form of a story, sets the historical framework and the protagonists of the project, the second contains the scientific documentation of the construction of the building and its roof, while the third part presents historic wooden bridges and roofs, a knowledge of which, apart for its intrinsic value, is invaluable for understanding the roof of the Herodeion.
About the Author: Professor Manolis Korres, Dr Architect-Engineer of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and Dr.Ph. h.c. FU Berlin, responsible for the restoration works on the Parthenon from 1983 until 1999, teaches History of Architecture at the NTUA since 1999 and is a member of the Central Archaeological Council, as well as of various scientific committees of the Ministry of Culture which oversee the protection and conservation of monuments and sites, including the Acropolis. In his special field he studied under Charalambos Bouras and Gottfried Gruben. He has studied numerous historic monuments and subjects, and has published relevant articles and books. He has been awarded the bronze medal by the Academy of Athens, the silver medal by the Academie d'Architecture (Paris), the Premium Alexander von Humboldt and the gold medal by the Academy of Rome (Premio Internationale Feltrinelli 2013).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789602043400
  • Publisher: Melissa Publishing House
  • Publisher Imprint: Melissa Publishing House
  • Height: 335 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 1576 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9602043407
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jan 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Width: 566 mm


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