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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...
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Bill Addis is a consulting engineer based in London. He is the author of numerous books and papers on engineering history and design and has curated several exhibitions on both the engineer's contribution to contemporary architecture and the history of structural engineering. Over the past twenty-five years, he has lectured at the universities of Cambridge, Bath, and Reading, and at University College, London. Addis studied engineering and...
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"The strength of this ambitious publication is its linking of technical development to the social and cultural context."-Building Design "A labour of love... Chronicles everything from geometric pattern in medieval cathedrals to the most daring uses of reinforced concrete."-Wallpaper* "More than 800 photographs, plans and drawings bring to life some of architecture's greatest achievements."-Financial Times "This is a truly heavyweight publication which every student of engineering and architecture should...
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- PublisherPhaidon Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0714841463
- ISBN 13 9780714841465
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages640
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