An historical outline of architectural science, by Henry J. Cowan.

Main entry:

Cowan, Henry J.

Title & Author:

An historical outline of architectural science, by Henry J. Cowan.

Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Pub. Co., 1966.

Description:

x, 175 pages illustrations 22 cm

Series:

Architectural science series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-164) and index.
1. The traditional architectural forms and the beginning of the era of scientific structural design -- 2. One-dimensional structures and the invention of steel and reinforced concrete construction -- 3. Two-dimensional structures and the development of the rigid frame theory -- 4. Three-dimensional structures and the mechanization of structural design -- 5. Environmental design replaces structure as the principal problem of architectural science -- 6. The new building materials and the industrialization of building.
Also issued online.

Resources:
Table of contents

Subject:

Architecture History.
Building History.
Architecture Histoire.
Construction Histoire.
Architecture.
Building.
Bautechnik

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Architectural science series.

Architectural science

Holdings:

Location: Library main 130760
Call No.: NA200 .C8 1966
Status: Available

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