Building :
Addis, Bill, 1949-
Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction / Three thousand years of design engineering and construction. 3000 years of design engineering and construction. Bill Addis. - London ; New York : Phaidon Press, 2007. - 640 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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 and reinforced concrete.
9780714841465 0714841463
Structural design--History.
Structural engineering--History.
Architecture--History.
Building--History.
TA 633 .A328 2007
Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction / Three thousand years of design engineering and construction. 3000 years of design engineering and construction. Bill Addis. - London ; New York : Phaidon Press, 2007. - 640 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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 and reinforced concrete.
9780714841465 0714841463
Structural design--History.
Structural engineering--History.
Architecture--History.
Building--History.
TA 633 .A328 2007