The use of wood as constructive material was common up to the 19th century due to its availability as well as its physical characteristics such as versatility, resistance, flexibility or malleability. The constructive techniques and structural arithmetic of wood were known since Antiquity. This article deals with the important role played by this material in the main treatises on architecture, which included advise on the use of the different wood species. Special attention will be paid to the case of Spain between the 16th and 18th centuries. The impact of wood as a constructive material in altarpieces will be also analysed. This was common until the Academy of Fine Arts forbid its use in 1766 due to the risks it entailed, which could also...
Dependiendo de la situación geográfica, social y cultural, la construcción en madera ha tomado unas ...
En relación con el análisis y lectura de la bibliografía existente en España sobre sistemas de cons...
This text describes the reunion between creation and the universal contiguity of thought, matter and...
In the late sixteenth century made their appearance in Castile the planked timber techniques for bui...
[ES] Durante el siglo XVIII se cierra un proceso que termina de consolidar la profesión de Arquitect...
When Renaissance comes to Spain, carpentry enjoyed a rich geometric and constructive tradition, the ...
La construcción de techumbres en madera ha sido tradicionalmente uno de los aspectos más característ...
The constructive type of the timber vault that covers the Plenary Hall of the Palace of the Senate o...
The outstanding feature of the parish church of Villanueva de la Jara (Cuenca), begun in the Gothic ...
The use of wooden products in construction has experienced significant changes during the last decad...
This study deals with construction in wood: its historical evolution, technology, execution, demand,...
[ES] El presente trabajo de investigación pretende poner en manifiesto uno de los materiales más i...
Many houses with a timber frame structure, catalogued with a Structural or Integral level of protect...
Corned stucco represents one of the most characteristic elements of Spanish medieval architecture. T...
El presente trabajo forma parte de una investigación acerca de la arquitectura mudéjar en la Nueva E...
Dependiendo de la situación geográfica, social y cultural, la construcción en madera ha tomado unas ...
En relación con el análisis y lectura de la bibliografía existente en España sobre sistemas de cons...
This text describes the reunion between creation and the universal contiguity of thought, matter and...
In the late sixteenth century made their appearance in Castile the planked timber techniques for bui...
[ES] Durante el siglo XVIII se cierra un proceso que termina de consolidar la profesión de Arquitect...
When Renaissance comes to Spain, carpentry enjoyed a rich geometric and constructive tradition, the ...
La construcción de techumbres en madera ha sido tradicionalmente uno de los aspectos más característ...
The constructive type of the timber vault that covers the Plenary Hall of the Palace of the Senate o...
The outstanding feature of the parish church of Villanueva de la Jara (Cuenca), begun in the Gothic ...
The use of wooden products in construction has experienced significant changes during the last decad...
This study deals with construction in wood: its historical evolution, technology, execution, demand,...
[ES] El presente trabajo de investigación pretende poner en manifiesto uno de los materiales más i...
Many houses with a timber frame structure, catalogued with a Structural or Integral level of protect...
Corned stucco represents one of the most characteristic elements of Spanish medieval architecture. T...
El presente trabajo forma parte de una investigación acerca de la arquitectura mudéjar en la Nueva E...
Dependiendo de la situación geográfica, social y cultural, la construcción en madera ha tomado unas ...
En relación con el análisis y lectura de la bibliografía existente en España sobre sistemas de cons...
This text describes the reunion between creation and the universal contiguity of thought, matter and...