TY  - BOOK
AU  - Addis,William
TI  - Building: 3000 years of design engineering and construction 
SN  - 0714841463
AV  - TH15 .A33 2007
U1  - 624.17 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Phaidon Press
KW  - Building
KW  - History
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Structural engineering
KW  - Structural design
N1  - 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
ER  -