Main entry:

Addis, William, 1949-

Title & Author:

Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction / Bill Addis.

Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2007.

Description:

640 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

Building history series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 622-626) and index.
Introduction -- Building and engineering in ancient times : 1000 B.C.-A.D. 500 -- The medieval era : 500-1400 -- The Renaissance : 1400-1630 -- Global trading and the age of reason and enlightenment : 1630-1750 -- Engineering becomes a profession : 1750-1800 -- The harmony of theory and practice : 1800-1860 -- The birth of the modern building : 1860-1920 -- Architectural engineering : 1920-1960 -- The computer age and the greening of construction : 1960-present -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Appendix 1. "Aims and means" / by Ove Arup -- Appendix 2. Iron and its alloys -- Appendix 3. Concrete and reinforced concrete.
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Summary:

"Building: 3000 Years of Design, Engineering, and Construction traces the history of modern building engineering in the Western world from ancient times to the present, bringing to life the key people, buildings, and concepts that have influenced engineering and architecture over the millennia. This comprehensive and heavily illustrated volume documents the classic texts, instruments, materials, and theories that have propelled modern engineering, and the famous and not-so-famous buildings that have resulted through the ages, from the Parthenon to Chartres Cathedral and the dome of St. Peter's, from eighteenth-century silk and cotton mills in England to the Crystal Palace, and from the first Chicago high-rises to the Sydney Opera House and the "green" skyscrapers of today." "Organized chronologically in nine chapters, Building focuses on the specific innovations and geographic centers of activity that defined each period in engineering history. Each chapter concentrates on the famous characters and unsung heroes of engineering history." "Accompanying the narrative text are more than 750 color and black-and-white photographs, archival plans and drawings, and original technical diagrams, many from rare and specialized sources around the world. Sidebars highlight key developments, including the slide rule, the evolution of the structural frame, and the glass facade; major texts such as De Architecture by Vitruvius, and brief histories of key concepts such as calculus. Also included in the book are extensive reference materials: timelines, appendices, a glossary, notes, bibliography, and a guide to further reading."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780714841465
0714841463
9780714869391
0714869392

Subject:

Structural engineering History.
Structural design History.
Architecture History.
Building History.
Engineering History.
Structural design.
Construction Histoire.
Ingénierie Histoire.
Technique de la construction Histoire.
Constructions Calcul.
Constructions Calcul Histoire.
Architecture Histoire.
Engineering
Building
Architecture
Structural engineering
Bouwkunst.
Bouwconstructies.
Byggnadsteknik.
Arkitektur design och konstruktion.
Ingenjörsvetenskap.
Konstruktionsteknik.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Building history series.

3000 years of design engineering and construction
Three thousand years of design engineering and construction

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255107
Call No.: BIB 185193
Status: Available