Download or read book Essay on the Theory and History of Cohesive Construction Applied Especially to the Timbrel Vault written by Rafael Guastavino and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essay on the Theory and History of Cohesive Construction written by Rafael Guastavino and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1893 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read before the Society of Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, by R. Guastavino, architect. Second edition.
Download or read book Essays on the History of Mechanics written by Antonio Becchi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of mechanics, and more particularly, the history of mechanics applied to constructions, constitutes a field of research that is relatively recent. This volume, together with the recent publication "Towards a History of Construction", is intended as an homage to the two eminent scholars who made a determinant contribution to the history of mechanics: Edoardo Benvenuto and Clifford Truesdell.
Download or read book Studies in Construction History the proceedings of the Second Construction History Society Conference written by James Campbell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings of second conference of the Construction History Society, which took place on 20 and 21 March 2015 at Queens' College, Cambridge, featuring 28 peer-reviewed papers covering a wide variety of subjects on the theme of construction history.
Download or read book History of Construction Cultures Volume 1 written by João Mascarenhas-Mateus and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 1535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Construction Cultures Volume 1 contains papers presented at the 7ICCH – Seventh International Congress on Construction History, held at the Lisbon School of Architecture, Portugal, from 12 to 16 July, 2021. The conference has been organized by the Lisbon School of Architecture (FAUL), NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Portuguese Society for Construction History Studies and the University of the Azores. The contributions cover the wide interdisciplinary spectrum of Construction History and consist on the most recent advances in theory and practical case studies analysis, following themes such as: - epistemological issues; - building actors; - building materials; - building machines, tools and equipment; - construction processes; - building services and techniques ; -structural theory and analysis ; - political, social and economic aspects; - knowledge transfer and cultural translation of construction cultures. Furthermore, papers presented at thematic sessions aim at covering important problematics, historical periods and different regions of the globe, opening new directions for Construction History research. We are what we build and how we build; thus, the study of Construction History is now more than ever at the centre of current debates as to the shape of a sustainable future for humankind. Therefore, History of Construction Cultures is a critical and indispensable work to expand our understanding of the ways in which everyday building activities have been perceived and experienced in different cultures, from ancient times to our century and all over the world.
Download or read book Las bovedas de Guastavino written by Ochsendorf and published by Actar D, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cada año, millones de personas pasan bajo las bóvedas tabicadas de Guastavino en espacios históricos de todos los Estados Unidos, desde la Sala de Registro de Ellis Island (1917) hasta el Biltmore Estate en las montañas de Carolina del Norte (1895), y desde el Capitolio del Estado de Nebraska (1932), en Lincoln, hasta los e dificios del campus de la Universidad Carnegie Mellon de Pittsburgh (1912). Sin embargo, son pocos los visitantes que aprecian la aportación de la familia valenciana Guastavino a la arquitectura estadounidense y las condiciones que propiciaron que las bóvedas tabicadas de Guastavino fueran durante décadas uno de los sistemas estructurales preferidos.
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Download or read book The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals written by John Fitchen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study enables us to appreciate more fully the technical expertise and improvements which enabled the creative spirit of the day to find such splendid embodiment". -- James Lingwood, Oxford Art Journal Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Download or read book Eladio Dieste written by Stanford Anderson and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eladio Dieste pioneered building with reinforced masonry in his native Uruguay. For most of his career he built industrial & public structures, small churches & farm buildings. Often standing apart from the mainstream architectural world, Dieste never lost sight of the modest people for whom he was building.
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