The trussed roof : it's history and development

Scope and methods of enquiry roof types before the truss Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren - the introduction of the truss into England Christopher Wren and his contemporaries architect or carpenter - who designed the roof? the dissemination of the new forms develpments of the truss - new forms and new uses understanding the behaviour of the truss from timber to iron - new materials and new possibilities invention or evolution as ways of change.