Building the future : building technology and cultural history from the Industrial Revolution until today / Ulrich Pfammatter ; [translated from the German by Jeremy Gaines and James Roderick O'Donovan].
Publisher: Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2008Description: 325 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans ; 29 cmISBN: 3791339265; 9783791339269Subject(s): Architecture, Modern -- 19th century | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | Architectural design | Building -- Technological innovations | Building materials -- Technological innovationsDDC classification: 720.9 Online resources: Table of contents only| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical refrences and index
From greenhouse to 'high-tech' hothouse' - virtual experience space of industrial and communicative societies -- Building as an art or the art of building? Railway sheds, expo pavilions, terminals - spatial landscapes of the future -- How concrete became lighter - 100 years of concrete pioneers -- The 'liberated facade' - from wall to partition to skin -- Process thinking conquers construction - industrialisation from the balloon frame to the skyscraper -- "Sustainable building design" - a future project -- Sir Ove Arup: the key search, 1970.
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