Entrée principale:

Baus, Ursula, 1959-

Titre et auteur:

Footbridges : construction, design, history / Ursula Baus, Mike Schlaich ; with photographs by Wilfried Dechau ; [translation into English: Chris Sieser, Richard Toovey].

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, 2008.

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 25 x 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249) and index.
Bridges and Pictures -- Characterization of the Footbridge: Construction, Form, History -- Parameters and Structural Design -- Retrospective: Bigger, Faster, Further -- Traffic, Architect and Engineer -- Construction as an Ethical Maxim: Prestressed Concrete Post-War and the Prohibition of Ornament -- Taking Lightness to the Limit: Wafer thin Stays and Filigree Cable Bridges -- Stress Ribbon Bridges -- Dynamics, Vibrations -- Curved Bridges -- Experiments in Construction: Structural Hype and its Effects since the 1970s -- European Examples -- Urban Renovation: Pedestrians Reconquer Lost Terrain -- Bridge as Interior Space: Protection from Wind and Weather -- Covered and Enclosed Bridges -- Call for Symbols: Millennium Bridges Attract Attention as "Icons" and "Events" -- Play Stations: Folding, Tilting, Lifting, Turning -- Bridge Designers Require Mechanical Engineers -- Loadbearing Structures for Moveable Bridges -- Landscape, Gardens: Bridges as Garden Ornaments -- Parks and Landscapes -- Footbridges: 120 European Examples.

Résumé:

Contains detailed presentations of some sixty-five bridges from ten European countries, with text, comprehensive and detailed plans, and photographs taken especially for this volume.

ISBN:

9783764381394 (English edition ; hd. bd.)
3764381396 (English edition ; hd. bd.)

Sujet:

Footbridges Design and construction.
Bridges Design and construction.
Ponts Conception et construction.
Fussgängerbrücke Bildband.

Vedettes secondaires:

Schlaich, Mike.
Dechau, Wilfried

Footbridges : structure design history

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 255089
Cote: BIB 185175
Statut: Disponible