Building: 3000 years of design engineering and construction/

Main Author: Addis, William, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Three thousand years of design engineering and construction London New York, NY: Phaidon Press, 2007
Series:Building history series
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260 |a Three thousand years of design engineering and construction  |b Phaidon Press,  |c 2007  |a London  |a New York, NY: 
300 |a 640 p. :  |b ill. (some col.) ;  |c 26 cm. 
490 0 |a Building history series 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 622-626) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
650 0 |a Structural engineering  |x History 
650 0 |a Structural design  |x History 
650 0 |a Architecture  |x History 
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