Apollo – April 2012 – Gavin Stamp
The Octagon of Ely Cathedral
‘Despite its vulnerability to fire, damp and rot, wood is a durable material that, over time, can become almost as hard as steel. From medieval barns to 17th-century log churches, timber structures have survived across Northern Europe over centuries’
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