Building the Escorial

In this book, the author makes the famed sixteenth-century monument understandable in all its complexity. Divided in two parts, part one - The Human Fabric - considers traditional aspects of the building: its fame, patron, architects, builders & origins & antecedents of its design. Part two - The Tissue of Materials - deals with the structures usually considered, such as the basilica & facade articulations & basement drainpipes.Kubler, George is the author of 'Building the Escorial', published 1982 under ISBN 9780691039756 and ISBN 0691039755.