BU RMBSI ARCH mSUTOKfe, 1 35 



Chimney pots, galvanized iron pipes and stove pipes are to be 

 preferred to brick structures. During the California* earthquake 



their efficiency was conclusively demonstrated, for in the San Mateo 

 county where a survey was made, 90 to 95 per cent, of such chim- 

 neys passed through the earthquake without harm, whereas no less 

 than 88 per cent, of the brick chimneys fell. 



To avoid the great damage caused by the pitching of solid 

 masses of masonry on to roofs, or to the cracking of chimney flues 

 both above and below roof level, some modification of the patterns 

 in use at the present time is' highly desirable. (*) 



That houses built of burnt bricks in mud mortar or of unburn! 



sun-dried bricks in lime or mud mortar, are 



Mud mortar and Mm- fofafly unsuited to withstand earthquake 



dried brickwork. ghocks Qi h .^ h illtensitieS) is a se lf-evident 



fact which needs no emphasis here. 



BURMESE ARCHITECTURE. 

 The following notes on Burmese architecture are taken almost 

 entirely from the report of Mr. F. 0. Oertel reproduced in the "Upper 



Burma Gazetteer.'^' 2 ) 



They will explain how it is that no native buildings, except 

 those connected with the religion of the country, suffered any severe 



damage. 



Sumptuary laws have in Burma, from very ancient times, re- 

 stricted the use of all durable building materials 

 Types of native build- mc ] x afl D ri ]j and stone masonry, and all 

 ll,{iS " architects al adornments to religious and royal 



edifices. The people live now, as probably they always did, 

 in single-storied huts, raised a few feet above the ground and 

 constructed of bamboo frame- work with split bamboo floors and 

 and mat partitions. The richer people use teak posts and boarded 

 partitions instead of bamboo. The roof is thatched, tiled or 111 

 some cases covered with wooden shingles (PI. No. 1). 



There are three distinct types of religious buildings in Burma 

 which may be classified as follows : — 



1. Solid pagodas, or topes enshrining relics, such as the Shwe 

 Uagon Pagoda. Rangoon. 



1 Ham 0mm line* were written I haw Been the dedans of a ^'V <1 />'»"' (,f /' il,t ," 

 quakoproof chimney which is now built in MaymyO by the Public Works Department. 



2 The Upper Burma CazetUer, Vol. II, Pfc. 1, pp. lbS-lK> 



