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Book The Tower and the Bridge

Download or read book The Tower and the Bridge written by David P. Billington and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildings What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to The Tower and the Bridge, all are striking examples of structural art, an exciting area distinct from either architecture or machine design. Aided by stunning photographs, David Billington discusses the technical concerns and artistic principles underpinning the well-known projects of leading structural engineer-artists, including Othmar Ammann, Félix Candela, Gustave Eiffel, Fazlur Khan, Robert Maillart, John Roebling, and many others. A classic work, The Tower and the Bridge introduces readers to the fundamental aesthetics of engineering.

Book Tower to Tower

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  • Author : Henriette Steiner
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2020-05-12
  • ISBN : 0262043920
  • Pages : 247 pages

Download or read book Tower to Tower written by Henriette Steiner and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center. The gigantic is everywhere, and gigantism is manifest in everything from excessively tall skyscrapers to globe-spanning digital networks. In this book, Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel map and critique the trajectory of gigantism in architecture and digital culture—the convergence of tall buildings and networked infrastructures—from the Eiffel Tower to One World Trade Center. They show how these two forms of gigantism intersect in the figure of the skyscraper with a transmitting antenna on its roof, a gigantic building that is also a nodal point in a gigantic digital infrastructure. Steiner and Veel focus on two paradigmatic tower sites: the Eiffel Tower and the Twin Towers of the destroyed World Trade Center (as well as their replacement, the One World Trade Center tower). They consider, among other things, philosophical interpretations of the Eiffel Tower; the design and destruction of the Twin Towers; the architectural debates surrounding the erection of One World Trade Center on the Ground Zero site; and such recent examples of gigantism across architecture and digital culture as Rem Koolhaas's headquarters for China Central TV and the phenomenon of the “tech giant.” Examining the cultural, architectural, and media history of these towers, they analyze the changing conceptions of the gigantism that they represent, not just as physical structures but as sites for the projection of cultural ideas and ideals.

Book Columns

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  • Author : Jonathan Adams
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1998-07
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book Columns written by Jonathan Adams and published by . This book was released on 1998-07 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents case studies of modern columns used in buildings today and demonstrates their continued significant purpose within architecture.

Book The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London

Download or read book The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London written by John Bayley and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Engineering Record  Building Record and Sanitary Engineer

Download or read book Engineering Record Building Record and Sanitary Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of Gas Lighting and Water Supply

Download or read book Journal of Gas Lighting and Water Supply written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Engineering Record  Building Record and the Sanitary Engineer

Download or read book The Engineering Record Building Record and the Sanitary Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Engineering

Download or read book Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Contracting

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1917
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 476 pages

Download or read book Contracting written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Civil Engineers  Pocket Book

Download or read book American Civil Engineers Pocket Book written by Mansfield Merriman and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Railway Age

Download or read book The Railway Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Managua  Nicaragua Earthquake of December 23  1972

Download or read book Managua Nicaragua Earthquake of December 23 1972 written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Advances in Building Technology

Download or read book Advances in Building Technology written by M. Anson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-11-14 with total page 1844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set of proceedings is based on the International Conference on Advances in Building Technology in Hong Kong on 4-6 December 2002. The two volumes of proceedings contain 9 invited keynote papers, 72 papers delivered by 11 teams , and 133 contributed papers from over 20 countries around the world. The papers cover a wide spectrum of topics across the three technology sub-themes of structures and construction, environment, and information technology. The variety within these categories spans a width of topics, and these proceedings provide readers with a good general overview of recent advances in building research.

Book The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin

Download or read book The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Architect

Download or read book American Architect written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: