From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those ….

All these soft kinds [of stone] have the advantage that they can be easily worked as soon as they have been taken from the quarries. Under cover, the….

Some springs are acid, as at Lyncestus and in Italy in the Velian country, at Teano in Campania, and in many other places. These when used in drinks ….

Burn shavings and splinters of pitch pine, and when they turn to charcoal, put them out, and pound them into mortar with size. This will make a prett….

Altars should face the east, and should always be placed on a lower level than are the statues in the temples, so that those who are praying and sacr….

Nobody draws the light for covered wine rooms from the south or west, but rather from the north, since that quarter is never subject to change but is….

When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towar….

Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues an….

Some have held that there are only four winds: Solanus from the east; Auster from the south; Favonius from due west; Septentrio from the north. But m….

Music, also, the architect ought to understand so that he may have knowledge of the canonical and mathematical theory, and besides be able to tune ba….

From food and water, then, we may learn whether sites are naturally unhealthy or healthy..

If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which they are built..

At Halicarnassus, the house of that most potent king Mausolus, though decorated throughout with Proconnesian marble, has walls built of brick which a….

Bricks will be most serviceable if made two years before using; for they cannot dry thoroughly in less time. When fresh undried bricks are used in a ….

Geometry is of much assistance in architecture, and in particular it teaches us the use of the rule and compasses, by which especially we acquire rea….

In accordance with the foregoing investigations on mathematical principles, let bronze vessels be made, proportionate to the size of the theatre, and….

Fresh pitsand, however, in spite of all its excellence in concrete structures, is not equally useful in stucco, the richness of which, when the lime ….

Economy denotes the the proper management of materials and of site, as well as a thrifty balancing of cost and common sense in the construction of wo….

Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense of eurythm….

It was a wise and useful provision of the ancients to transmit their thoughts to posterity by recording them in treatises, so that they should not be….

The winter oak... is very useful in buildings but when in a moist place it takes in water to its centre... and so it rots. The Turkey oak and the bee….