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PublisherPhaidon Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100714869392

ISBN-139780714869391

eBay Product ID (ePID)204278465

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Book TitleBuilding : 3000 Years of Design, Engineering, and Construction

Number of Pages640 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMethods & Materials

Publication Year2015

GenreArchitecture

AuthorBill Addis

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight62.1 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width8.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"The strength of this ambitious publication is its linking of technical development to the social and cultural context."--Building Design "A labour of love... Chronicles everything from geometric pattern in medieval cathedrals to the most daring uses of reinforced concrete."--Wallpaper* "More than 800 photographs, plans and drawings bring to life some of architecture's greatest achievements."--Financial Times "This is a truly heavyweight publication which every student of engineering and architecture should have highlighted on their first-year reading list."--Alex Wright, architect, Architects' Journal, "The strength of this ambitious publication is its linking of technical development to the social and cultural context."-- Building Design "A labour of love... Chronicles everything from geometric pattern in medieval cathedrals to the most daring uses of reinforced concrete."-- Wallpaper* "More than 800 photographs, plans and drawings bring to life some of architecture's greatest achievements."-- Financial Times "This is a truly heavyweight publication which every student of engineering and architecture should have highlighted on their first-year reading list."-- Alex Wright, architect, Architects' Journal

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal690.09

SynopsisFrom Egypt and Classical Greece and Rome through the building booms of the Gothic era and the Renaissance, and from the Industrial Revolution to the present era of digital modeling, Building: 3,000 Years of Design, Engineering, and Construction,charts centuries of innovations in engineering and building construction. This comprehensive and heavily illustrated volume, aimed at students and young professionals as well as general readers, explores the materials, classic texts, instruments, and theories that have propelled modern engineering, and the famous and not-so-famous buildings designed through the ages, from the Parthenon to Chartres Cathedral and the dome of St. Peter's, from eighteenth-century silk mills in England to the Crystal Palace, and on to the first Chicago high-rises, the Sydney Opera House, and the latest "green" skyscrapers. The book concentrates on developments since the industrial and scientific revolutions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Incorporated within the continuous narrative are sidebars with short biographies of eminent engineers, excerpts from classic texts, stories of individual projects of major importance, and brief histories of key concepts such as calculus. Also included are extensive reference materials: appendices, a glossary, bibliography, and index., From Egypt and Classical Greece and Rome through the building booms of the Gothic era and the Renaissance, and from the Industrial Revolution to the present era of digital modeling, Building: 3,000 Years of Design, Engineering, and Construction, charts centuries of innovations in engineering and building construction. This comprehensive and heavily illustrated volume, aimed at students and young professionals as well as general readers, explores the materials, classic texts, instruments, and theories that have propelled modern engineering, and the famous and not-so-famous buildings designed through the ages, from the Parthenon to Chartres Cathedral and the dome of St. Peter's, from eighteenth-century silk mills in England to the Crystal Palace, and on to the first Chicago high-rises, the Sydney Opera House, and the latest "green" skyscrapers. The book concentrates on developments since the industrial and scientific revolutions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Incorporated within the continuous narrative are sidebars with short biographies of eminent engineers, excerpts from classic texts, stories of individual projects of major importance, and brief histories of key concepts such as calculus. Also included are extensive reference materials: appendices, a glossary, bibliography, and index.