RAISE THE SIEGE... How were the mighty walls, gates, and towers of fortified towns fortified against attack? Through detailed descriptions and a variety of plans, diagrams, and illustrations, this fascinating, classic historical text explores the military architecture and history of siege warfare, from the Visigoths in the fifth century to the System of Vauban in the seventeenth. You'll read about: How fifteenth-century archers with long-and crossbows were used to keep defenders from the battlements. Alterations in castles to arm them with fearsome cannons. The use of mines to rapidly destroy ramparts at the beginning of the sixteenth century. And much more!
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Book order (chronological)
January 27, 1814 – September 17, 1879
Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc was a French architect and theorist, famous for his "restorations" of medieval buildings. Born in Paris, he was as central a figure in the Gothic Revival in France as he was in the public discourse on "honesty" in architecture, which eventually transcended all revival styles, to inform the emerging spirit of Modernism.
Collection Archigraphy Poche: Histoire d'une maison
- 346 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Nous sommes en 1870, en pleine guerre. Un jeune homme décide de construire une maison pour sa sœur et sa future famille. Comment faire ? sous une trame romanesque légère. Viollet-le-Duc propose un guide pratique décrivant le processus de construction d'une maison de campagne, de l'élaboration des plans à la décoration intérieure. Chemin faisant, il expose sa conception de l'homme et de l'architecture, sa vision de l'histoire, et offre le tableau du meilleur des mondes possibles, celui où triompheraient la République bourgeoise et les vertus familiales.
L'œuvre est un appel à l'analyse philosophique contre la tyrannie de la tradition et de l'usage en matière de conception architecturale.