Addis, William,  1949- <br/><br/>
Building :  3000 years of design engineering and construction / 
 3000 years of design engineering and construction  Three thousand years of design engineering and construction 
Bill Addis. 
 - 640 pages :  illustrations (some colour) ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 622-626) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0714841463 9780714841465 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Building--History<br/>Architecture--History<br/>Structural engineering--History<br/>Structural design--History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TH15  / .A33 2007 TA633  / .A328 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>624.17