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

By: Material type: TextTextAnalytics: Show analyticsPublisher: London ; New York : Phaidon Press, 2007Description: 640 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0714841463
  • 9780714841465
Other title:
  • 3000 years of design engineering and construction
  • Three thousand years of design engineering and construction
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 624.17 22
LOC classification:
  • TH15 .A33 2007
  • TA633 .A328 2007
Contents:
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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Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 624.17 ADD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A426767B

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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