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Buildings, Reinforced concrete. --- Earthquake hazard analysis.

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Reinforced concrete. --- Ferrocement --- Structural concrete --- Building materials --- Concrete

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This book reviews Dante Bini’s inventions and designs, focusing on his form-resistant Binishell and other pneumatic construction systems. Dante Bini’s double profile of architect and builder underpins the narrative of the entire book. It is used to analyse the evolution of the early reinforced-concrete Binishell patent into a variety of automated construction systems based on the use of air. Dante Bini has always been quite proactive in promoting his work and disseminating the results of his experimentations and achievements via journal articles, conference presentations and public talks; promotional brochures in multiple languages were also prepared to export and license his patents in various countries, from Italy to the Americas and Australia. Despite this, a rigorous study of Dante Bini’s work is still unavailable, and the relevance of this figure to contemporary architecture has yet to be discussed comprehensively. This book fills in this gap and arrives at the right time: during the last two decades, there has been an exponential interest in shell and spatial structures, particularly concerning the use of complex geometries and innovative construction techniques. This book will be of interest to academics in architectural design, theory and construction history, and practitioners and students interested in expanding their knowledge in the design and construction of shell and spatial structures.

Shells, Concrete. --- Bini, Dante, --- Concrete shells --- Reinforced concrete shells --- Shells, Reinforced concrete --- Reinforced concrete construction --- Shells (Engineering) --- Architecture—History. --- Buildings—Design and construction. --- Architectural History and Theory. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Història de l'arquitectura --- Architecture --- History.

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This book reports on a comprehensive experimental characterization of the material, mechanical and dynamic properties of masonry infill walls. It analyses the critical parameters affecting their out-of-plane seismic behavior, including the effects of the panel support conditions, gravity load, and previous damage. Further, it offers an extensive review of infill masonry strengthening strategies and reports on the experimental assessment of various textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) strengthening solutions. It also presents the development, implementation and calibration of a numerical model to simulate the infill panels’ seismic behavior, with the corresponding findings of various tests to assess the seismic vulnerability of an infilled RC structure. All in all, this outstanding PhD thesis offers a comprehensive review of masonry infill walls, and a timely overview of numerical and experimental methods for testing and preventing the out-of-plane seismic collapse of RC buildings.

Mechanical properties of solids --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Applied physical engineering --- patroonherkenning --- toegepaste mechanica --- brandpreventie --- optica --- Buildings, Reinforced concrete --- Earthquake resistant design. --- Earthquake effects.

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An insightful and engagingly narrated exploratory work on a pioneer of modern architecture from Switzerland The Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos is a masterpiece of early modernist architecture by the Swiss architects Pfleghard & Haefeli (Schatzalp, Davos) and the renowned civil engineer and bridge builder Robert Maillart. A new form of architecture was forged here, full of contradictions and compromises and the result of intense collaboration between engineer, architect, and client. It stands at the threshold of modernism, which is largely characterized by the use of reinforced concrete. Apart from certain early mentions in architectural history, very little has been written about this Swiss precursor of modernist architecture. Drawing on numerous archival records, Daniel Korwan now provides the first detailed chronology of this 1909 building, thus expanding the record on the historical reception of modernism. First publication on a Swiss building that prefigured modern architecture Unpublished illustrations and plans of the Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos Insightful and engagingly narrated new contribution to the study of 20th century modernism Eine aufschlussreiche und spannungsvoll verfasste Forschungsarbeit über einen Vorreiter der architektonischen Moderne aus der Schweiz. Das Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos ist ein frühmodernes Meisterwerk der Schweizer Architekten Pfleghard & Haefeli (Schatzalp, Davos) und des renommierten Bauingenieurs und Brückenbauers Robert Maillart. Als Ergebnis kollaborativer Arbeit von Ingenieur, Architekt und Bauherr entstand hier mit all ihren Widersprüchen und Kompromissen eine neue Art der Architektur an der Schwelle zur Moderne, die maßgeblich durch den Einsatz von Stahlbeton geprägt ist. Trotz einzelner früher Erwähnungen in der Architekturgeschichte gibt es jedoch kaum Informationen über diesen Vorreiter der Moderne aus der Schweiz. Gestützt auf zahlreichen Archivalien liefert Daniel Korwan nun erstmals eine detaillierte Chronologie dieses Gebäudes aus dem Jahr 1909 und ermöglicht einen erweiterten Blick auf die Geschichtsrezeption der Moderne. Erste Publikation über einen Vorreiter moderner Architektur aus der Schweiz Unveröffentlichte Abbildungen und Pläne vom Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos Aufschlussreicher und spannend erzählter neuer Beitrag zur Rezeption der Moderne des 20. Jahrhunderts

ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice. --- . --- Daniel Korwan. --- Davos. --- Korwan. --- Pfleghard & Haefeli. --- Pioneer of modernism. --- Queen Alexandra Sanatorium. --- Robert Maillart. --- Schatzalp. --- Sigfried Giedion. --- Swiss concrete. --- Tuberculosis sanatorium. --- reinforced concrete. --- sanatorium. --- swiss modernism.