The Resource Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction, Bill Addis
Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction, Bill Addis
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The item Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction, Bill Addis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- "Building: 3000 Years of Design, Engineering, and Construction traces the history of modern building engineering in the Western world from ancient times to the present, bringing to life the key people, buildings, and concepts that have influenced engineering and architecture over the millennia. This comprehensive and heavily illustrated volume documents the classic texts, instruments, materials, and theories that have propelled modern engineering, and the famous and not-so-famous buildings that have resulted through the ages, from the Parthenon to Chartres Cathedral and the dome of St. Peter's, from eighteenth-century silk and cotton mills in England to the Crystal Palace, and from the first Chicago high-rises to the Sydney Opera House and the "green" skyscrapers of today." "Organized chronologically in nine chapters, Building focuses on the specific innovations and geographic centers of activity that defined each period in engineering history. Each chapter concentrates on the famous characters and unsung heroes of engineering history." "Accompanying the narrative text are more than 750 color and black-and-white photographs, archival plans and drawings, and original technical diagrams, many from rare and specialized sources around the world. Sidebars highlight key developments, including the slide rule, the evolution of the structural frame, and the glass facade; major texts such as De Architecture by Vitruvius, and brief histories of key concepts such as calculus. Also included in the book are extensive reference materials: timelines, appendices, a glossary, notes, bibliography, and a guide to further reading."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 640 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Building and engineering in ancient times : 1000 B.C.-A.D. 500
- The medieval era : 500-1400
- The Renaissance : 1400-1630
- Global trading and the age of reason and enlightenment : 1630-1750
- Engineering becomes a profession : 1750-1800
- The harmony of theory and practice : 1800-1860
- The birth of the modern building : 1860-1920
- Architectural engineering : 1920-1960
- The computer age and the greening of construction : 1960-present
- Afterword
- Glossary
- Appendix 1. "Aims and means" / by Ove Arup
- Appendix 2. Iron and its alloys
- Appendix 3. Concrete and reinforced concrete
- Isbn
- 9780714841465
- Label
- Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction
- Title
- Building
- Title remainder
- 3000 years of design engineering and construction
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill Addis
- Title variation
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- 3000 years of design engineering and construction
- Three thousand years of design engineering and construction
- Subject
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- Architecture -- History
- Architecture -- History
- Arkitektur -- design och konstruktion
- Bouwconstructies
- Bouwkunst
- Building -- History
- Byggnadsteknik
- Construction -- Histoire
- Construction, Technique de la -- Histoire
- Constructions -- Calcul
- Diseño de estructuras
- History
- Ingeniería estructural
- Ingenjörsvetenskap
- Ingénierie -- Histoire
- Konstruktionsteknik
- Structural design
- Structural design -- History
- Structural design -- History
- Structural engineering
- Structural engineering -- History
- Structural engineering -- History
- Architecture
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Building: 3000 Years of Design, Engineering, and Construction traces the history of modern building engineering in the Western world from ancient times to the present, bringing to life the key people, buildings, and concepts that have influenced engineering and architecture over the millennia. This comprehensive and heavily illustrated volume documents the classic texts, instruments, materials, and theories that have propelled modern engineering, and the famous and not-so-famous buildings that have resulted through the ages, from the Parthenon to Chartres Cathedral and the dome of St. Peter's, from eighteenth-century silk and cotton mills in England to the Crystal Palace, and from the first Chicago high-rises to the Sydney Opera House and the "green" skyscrapers of today." "Organized chronologically in nine chapters, Building focuses on the specific innovations and geographic centers of activity that defined each period in engineering history. Each chapter concentrates on the famous characters and unsung heroes of engineering history." "Accompanying the narrative text are more than 750 color and black-and-white photographs, archival plans and drawings, and original technical diagrams, many from rare and specialized sources around the world. Sidebars highlight key developments, including the slide rule, the evolution of the structural frame, and the glass facade; major texts such as De Architecture by Vitruvius, and brief histories of key concepts such as calculus. Also included in the book are extensive reference materials: timelines, appendices, a glossary, notes, bibliography, and a guide to further reading."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- GAT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Addis, William
- Dewey number
- 624.17
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TH15
- LC item number
- .A33 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Building history series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Structural engineering
- Structural design
- Architecture
- Ingeniería estructural
- Diseño de estructuras
- Construction
- Ingénierie
- Construction, Technique de la
- Constructions
- Building
- Architecture
- Structural engineering
- Structural design
- Architecture
- Structural design
- Structural engineering
- Bouwkunst
- Bouwconstructies
- Byggnadsteknik
- Arkitektur
- Ingenjörsvetenskap
- Konstruktionsteknik
- Label
- Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction, Bill Addis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 622-626) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Building and engineering in ancient times : 1000 B.C.-A.D. 500 -- The medieval era : 500-1400 -- The Renaissance : 1400-1630 -- Global trading and the age of reason and enlightenment : 1630-1750 -- Engineering becomes a profession : 1750-1800 -- The harmony of theory and practice : 1800-1860 -- The birth of the modern building : 1860-1920 -- Architectural engineering : 1920-1960 -- The computer age and the greening of construction : 1960-present -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Appendix 1. "Aims and means" / by Ove Arup -- Appendix 2. Iron and its alloys -- Appendix 3. Concrete and reinforced concrete
- Control code
- ocn127137749
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- 640 pages
- Isbn
- 9780714841465
- Lccn
- 2010282803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o127137749
- (OCoLC)127137749
- Label
- Building : 3000 years of design engineering and construction, Bill Addis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 622-626) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Building and engineering in ancient times : 1000 B.C.-A.D. 500 -- The medieval era : 500-1400 -- The Renaissance : 1400-1630 -- Global trading and the age of reason and enlightenment : 1630-1750 -- Engineering becomes a profession : 1750-1800 -- The harmony of theory and practice : 1800-1860 -- The birth of the modern building : 1860-1920 -- Architectural engineering : 1920-1960 -- The computer age and the greening of construction : 1960-present -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Appendix 1. "Aims and means" / by Ove Arup -- Appendix 2. Iron and its alloys -- Appendix 3. Concrete and reinforced concrete
- Control code
- ocn127137749
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- 640 pages
- Isbn
- 9780714841465
- Lccn
- 2010282803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o127137749
- (OCoLC)127137749
Subject
- Architecture -- History
- Architecture -- History
- Arkitektur -- design och konstruktion
- Bouwconstructies
- Bouwkunst
- Building -- History
- Byggnadsteknik
- Construction -- Histoire
- Construction, Technique de la -- Histoire
- Constructions -- Calcul
- Diseño de estructuras
- History
- Ingeniería estructural
- Ingenjörsvetenskap
- Ingénierie -- Histoire
- Konstruktionsteknik
- Structural design
- Structural design -- History
- Structural design -- History
- Structural engineering
- Structural engineering -- History
- Structural engineering -- History
- Architecture
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