Download or read book Building the Escorial written by George Kubler and published by . This book was released on with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author makes the famed sixteenth-century monument understandable in all its complexity. Divided in two parts, part one - The Human Fabric - considers traditional aspects of the building: its fame, patron, architects, builders & origins & antecedents of its design. Part two - The Tissue of Materials - deals with the structures usually considered, such as the basilica & facade articulations & basement drainpipes.