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Construction into design : the influence of new methods of construction on architectural design, 1690-1990 / James Strike.

By: Strike, James.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth Architecture, 1991Description: vii, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0750612290.Subject(s): Architecture -- Technological innovations | Architecture, Modern -- History | Construction industry -- Technological innovations -- InfluenceDDC classification: 721
Contents:
Pioneers of the iron frame, 1690-1840 -- A new language from the use of iron and glass, 1810-1855 -- Pioneers of concrete construction, 1820-1900 -- Growth of the functional tradition, 1855-1914 -- Development of the steel frame, 1870-1914 -- Roots of the modern movement, 1820-1914 -- Towards an expressive use of concrete, 1900-1935 -- Development of building systems and industrialization during the interwar period -- Industry, art and architecture, 1920-1940 -- The building component as an element in design, 1945-1970 -- 1970-1990, an appraisal -- The changing viewpoint -- The nature of change -- Evolutionary themes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220) and index.

Pioneers of the iron frame, 1690-1840 -- A new language from the use of iron and glass, 1810-1855 -- Pioneers of concrete construction, 1820-1900 -- Growth of the functional tradition, 1855-1914 -- Development of the steel frame, 1870-1914 -- Roots of the modern movement, 1820-1914 -- Towards an expressive use of concrete, 1900-1935 -- Development of building systems and industrialization during the interwar period -- Industry, art and architecture, 1920-1940 -- The building component as an element in design, 1945-1970 -- 1970-1990, an appraisal -- The changing viewpoint -- The nature of change -- Evolutionary themes.

UCC Fund.