1. POST AND LINTEL Angela Illiano Elezer Núñez Yesenia Toral

2. Post and lintel system : two upright members hold up a third member. POST AND LINTEL

3. The post and lintel is seen only in colonnades and in framed structures. POST AND LINTEL

4. ABOUT THE LINTEL Bear the loads that rest on it without deforming or breaking. weak in bending strong in bending POST AND LINTEL

5. The job of the post is to support the lintel and its loads without crushing or buckling. POST AND LINTEL

6. Stone, which has this property, is more versatile as a post than as a lintel; under heavy loads it is superior to wood but not to iron, steel, or reinforced concrete. Stonehenge Iron Steel Reinforced Concrete POST AND LINTEL

7. Although monolithic stone columns are used, they are extravagant to produce for large structures, and columns are usually built up of a series of cylindrical blocks called drums. POST AND LINTEL

8. The interiors of Egyptian temples and the exteriors of Greek temples are delineated by columns covered by stone lintels. Egyptian Temple Exterior of Greek Temples POST AND LINTEL

9. Greeks Wooden beams for Stone fewer supports

10. POST AND LINTEL Acient use the production of cast iron columns offering greater strength and smaller circumference, greatly reduced the mass and weight of buildings.

11. POST AND LINTEL But, because they are rigid frames, they abandon The Fundamental concept of the duality. Steel and concrete skeletons Restore to modern architecture the formal simplicity of the oldest structures known.