Review: Roman Building: Materials and Techniques by Jean-Pierre Adam, Anthony Mathews; Technics and Architecture. The Development of Materials and Systems for Buildings by Cecil D. Elliott; Historical Building Construction, Design, Materials, and Technology by Donald Friedman; The Stone Skeleton. Structural Engineering of Masonry Architecture by Jacques Heyman; Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865-1913 by Sarah Bradford Landau, Carl W. Condit; Architectural Technology up to the Scientific Revolution: The Art and Structure of Large-Scale Buildings by Robert Mark; Building the Nineteenth Century by Tom F. Peters