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Download or read book History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago written by Frank Alfred Randall and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The second edition of History of the Development of Building Construction in Chicago is a tribute to Frank Randall's vision and resource to Chicago area architects, engineers, preservation specialists, and other members of the building industry."--BOOK JACKET.
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Download or read book Architectural Engineering with Special Reference to High Building Construction Including Many Examples of Chicago Office Buildings written by Joseph Kendall Freitag and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-12-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Architectural Engineering written by Joseph Kendall Freitag and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Architectural Engineering: With Special Reference to High Building Construction, Including Many Examples of Chicago Office Buildings The author has attempted, in the following pages, to define and illustrate, in a manner as practicable as possible, such of the fundamental principles in the design of the modern high building as may prove useful to architects and engineers alike. While the technical press of the country has devoted considerable attention to many of the individual subjects here considered, yet the realization of a want of collective data on the subject of Architectural Engineering has induced the writer to present this volume. As more and more of the principles of construction are being added to the curricula of our architectural schools, and as many of our engineering students are adopting building construction as a specialty, it is hoped that this effort will serve to unite still more closely the work of the one with that of the other. The author would mention the efforts of one highly esteemed and dearly beloved in the engineering profession, Mr. E. L. Corthell, who has been striving for several years to see the two professions united by establishing an International Institute of Engineers and Architects, as well as a technical School of Architecture and Engineering at the new University of Chicago. The writer would also acknowledge the warm interest displayed in this work by his former professor of engineering. Prof. C. E. Greene, of the University of Michigan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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