> I'll resume it for you all: "Buildings change over time to adapt for their owners livestyle." An important concept in the book is "shearing layers" [1]: diff

> I'll resume it for you all: "Buildings change over time to adapt for their owners livestyle." An important concept in the book is "shearing layers" [1]: different parts of a building change at different rates due to differential pressures. E.g. walls change faster than foundations. Its a few years since I last read it, but fwiw I found the book insightful and not at all boring. Each to their own though. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearing_layers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearing_layers