The Tower and the Bridge : : The New Art of Structural Engineering /

The Tower and the Bridge : : The New Art of Structural Engineering / / David P. Billington.

An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildingsWhat do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to The Tower and the Bridge, all are str...

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Billington, David P.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©1983
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Princeton Science Library ; 127
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t CONTENTS --   |t LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --   |t PREFACE --   |t ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --   |t CHAPTER 1. A NEW TRADITION: ART IN ENGINEERING --   |t PART I. The Age of Iron --   |t CHAPTER 2. THOMAS TELFORD AND THE NEW ART FORM --   |t CHAPTER 3. BRUNEL, STEPHENSON, AND RAILWAY FORMS --   |t CHAPTER 4. GUSTAVE EIFFEL AND THE CRESCENT BRIDGE --   |t CHAPTER 5. JOHN ROEBLING AND THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE --   |t CHAPTER 6. THE BRIDGE AND THE TOWER --   |t PART II. The New Age of Steel and Concrete --   |t CHAPTER 7. JENNEY, ROOT, AND THE FIRST CHICAGO SCHOOL --   |t CHAPTER 8. BIG STEEL BRIDGES FROM EADS TO AMMANN --   |t CHAPTER 9. ROBERT MAILLART AND NEW FORMS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE --   |t CHAPTER 10. ROOF VAULTS AND NATIONAL STYLES --   |t CHAPTER 11. THE DIRECTING IDEA OF EUGENE FREYSSINET --   |t CHAPTER 12. DISCIPLINE AND PLAY: NEW VAULTS IN CONCRETE --   |t CHAPTER 13. NEW TOWERS, NEW BRIDGES --   |t EPILOGUE: THE IDEA OF STRUCTURE AS ART --   |t NOTES --   |t INDEX 
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653 |a Greenhouse gas. 
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