Screen LibraryBuilding：3000 years of design engineering and construction
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Phaidon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | London New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 640 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780714841465 (cloth) 0714841463 |
| Index Number: | TU2 |
| CLC: |
TU2-09 TU7-09 TU-09 |
| Call Number: | TU-09/A224 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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 an |