Symposium: Architecture and Construction in the Pre-Modern World

Date/Time
Date(s) - 30 Mar 2012 until 1 Apr 2012
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Location
University of Pennsylvania

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The symposium aims to assemble specialists in various fields to examine building practices in the pre-modern world, with an emphasis on aspects of construction and structure in ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, medieval, and early-to-middle period Islamic architecture. While some technologies and built forms may be shared across pre-modern cultures (such as vault construction or the use of centering), other may be specific to a single period or region (such as the use of concrete or structural ribs in vaulting).

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