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Carefully following their historical development, this volume describes the various construction techniques in southern Asia. Readers get acquainted successively with the techniques of carpentry layout, the setting of bricks, stone-cutting and stereotomy, as well as binders and plasterwork. With the help of drawings and photographs it is illustrated how the various difficulties subsequently encountered were met. The combination of the author’s firm background in architecture, as well as an in-depth knowledge of the region itself, make this handbook volume into a unique reference for students of (the history of) building techniques and architecture.

Building --- Construction --- Architectural engineering --- Buildings --- Construction science --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural design --- Structural engineering --- Architecture --- Construction industry --- Design and construction

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Building --- History. --- Architectural engineering --- Buildings --- Construction --- Construction science --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural design --- Structural engineering --- Architecture --- Construction industry --- History --- Design and construction --- Japan --- Building - Japan - History.

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"Examining the social and political history of workers and entrepreneurs engaged in constructing the French capital from 1763-1815, this book argues that Paris construction was a core sector in which 'archaic' and 'innovative' practices were symbiotically used by guilds, the state, and enterprises to launch the commercial revolution in France"--Provided by publisher.

History of France --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Paris --- Building --- 840 Samenleving en staat --- Architectural engineering --- Buildings --- Construction --- Construction science --- Engineering, Architectural --- History --- Design and construction --- France --- Structural design --- Structural engineering --- Architecture --- Construction industry

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In this richly illustrated history Cecil Elliott focuses on a neglected aspect of architecture, the tecnics of building form. Concentrating on developments in Europe and North America from the Industrial Revolution to the present, he surveys the ways in which new materials, methods, and systems were discovered and tested, and the ways in which they succeeded or failed. Elliott tells the story in two parts, first covering materials - in chapters on wood, masonry, terracotta, iron and steel, glass, cement, and reinforced concrete - and then systems - including lightning protection, sanitation, lighting, heating, air conditioning, elevators and escalators, fire protection, structural engineering, and acoustics. Each chapter begins with a review of the relevant classical and medieval technology, then focuses on developments over the past two centuries, including related business, political, scientific, or social events where these impinge on development or usage.Technics and Architecture brings together information on a broad range of building materials and systems not found in any existing publication. It identifies the principles underlying technical advances in the building arts, pointing out that significant innovations have depended largely on the discovery of new approaches to the problems rather than the polishing of old mechanisms or handcraft methods; that in most cases advances were more rapid when the urgency of development was imposed by uses outside the application of a material or system in buildings; and that the extent of improvements has been extremely uneven. Throughout, Elliott observes that at any specific time a variety of solutions are used simultaneously, according to industrial conditions and economic factors. This being a human activity, he notes, failures, equivocation, misjudgment, and vainglorious acts also play a part.

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Building --- Architecture --- Construction --- History --- Histoire --- -Building --- 72.03 --- 69 --- Robert Mark [Ed.] --- architectuur --- architectuurgeschiedenis --- oudheid --- byzantium --- middeleeuwen --- romaanse kunst --- gotiek --- renaissance --- constructie-elementen --- funderingen --- muren --- koepels --- daken --- Architectural engineering --- Buildings --- Construction science --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural design --- Structural engineering --- Construction industry --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- History. --- Architectuur (geschiedenis) --- Architectuurgeschiedenis --- Bouwtechniek --- Design and construction --- Architecture - History.