| Description |
381 pages : illustrations, plans ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Structural actions -- Ch. 3. Structural materials -- Ch. 4. Construction and form -- Ch. 5. Structure and form -- Ch. 6. Arches and catenaries -- Ch. 7. Vaults, domes, and curved membranes -- Ch. 8. Beams and slabs -- Ch. 9. Trusses, portal frames, and space frames -- Ch. 10. Supports, walls, and foundations -- Ch. 11. Early forms -- Ch. 12. Pre-nineteenth-century wide-span buildings -- Ch. 13. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century wide-span buildings -- Ch. 14. Bridges -- Ch. 15. Multi-storey buildings and towers -- Ch. 16. Structural understanding and design |
| Summary |
In this book Rowland Mainstone offers an account of the structural developments that have made possible the achievements of architects and bridge builders throughout history. The book will prove indispensable both to architects and engineers seeking a rounded and creative understanding of past achievements and present possibilities and to archaeologists, historians and others seeking a more general understanding of a major human activity |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: London: Allen Lane, 1975 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-367) and index |
| Subject |
Architecture.
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Building.
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Structural engineering.
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| LC no. |
99166307 |
| ISBN |
0750628936 |
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