Concrete Architecture

Concrete Architecture
Author: Catherine Croft
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture, Modern
ISBN: 1856693643

Inspiration for architects and urban planners, this text presents a re-evaluation of a material finally coming into its own in the 21st century - concrete. The text is illustrated with projects from some of the biggest-name architects around.

Early Reinforced Concrete

Early Reinforced Concrete
Author: Frank Newby
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351942328

This volume traces the process by which reinforced concrete emerged during the 19th century as the successful building material of today. Early work on testing the strength of cements led into a period of experimental work by a number of engineers, notably in Britain, France and America, to devise successful systems of embedding iron in concrete in such a way that the two materials would act together to carry imposed loads. The papers take the story to the early years of the 20th century and provide a thorough review of the gradual evolution of ideas and the contributions of individuals to this technology.

Building in France, Building in Iron, Building in Ferroconcrete

Building in France, Building in Iron, Building in Ferroconcrete
Author: Sigfried Giedion
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1995-09-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0892363193

With Building in France, Building in Iron, Building in Ferroconcretre (1928)—published now for the first time in English—Sigfried Giedion positioned himself as an eloquent advocate of modern architecture. This was the first book to exalt Le Corbusier as the artistic champion of the new movement. It also spelled out many of the tenets of Modernism that are now regarded as myths, among them the impoverishment of nineteenth-century architectural thinking and practice, the contrasting vigor of engineering innovations, and the notion of Modernism as technologically preordained.

Early Reinforced Concrete

Early Reinforced Concrete
Author: Frank Newby
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 135194231X

This volume traces the process by which reinforced concrete emerged during the 19th century as the successful building material of today. Early work on testing the strength of cements led into a period of experimental work by a number of engineers, notably in Britain, France and America, to devise successful systems of embedding iron in concrete in such a way that the two materials would act together to carry imposed loads. The papers take the story to the early years of the 20th century and provide a thorough review of the gradual evolution of ideas and the contributions of individuals to this technology.