Structural Design for Architecture
Fig. 5.16 Plan and elevation of the Villa Emo, Fanzolo,
Italy, 1564. Andrea Palladio, architect. The vaulted
basement and timber upper floor of this building are
carried on the parallel cross-walls of a typical loadbearing
masonry plan. [Illustration from Palladio's Quattro Libri dell'
Architettura of 1570].
Fig. 5.17 Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, 18th century,
John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, architects. The
plan of this very large house shows an arrangement of
parallel walls which is typical of multi-storey loadbearing-
wall construction.160