Main entry:

Billington, David P., 1927-2018, author

Title & Author:

The tower and the bridge : the new art of structural engineering / David P. Billington.

Publication:

New York : Basic Books, [1983]
©1983

Description:

xx, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A new tradition : art in engineering -- pt. 1. The age of iron. Thomas Telford and the new art form ; Brunel, Stephenson, and railway forms ; Gustave Eiffel and the Crescent Bridge ; John Roebling and the Suspension Bridge ; The bridge and the tower -- pt. 2. The new age of steel and concrete. Jenney, Root, and the first Chicago school ; Big steel bridges from Eads to Ammann ; Robert Maillart and new forms in reinforced concrete ; Roof vaults and national styles ; The directing idea of Eugene Freyssinet ; Discipline and play : new vaults in concrete ; New towers, new bridges -- Epilogue : the idea of structure as art.

ISBN:

0465086772
9780465086771

Subject:

Structural engineering.
Towers Design and construction.
Bridges Design and construction.
Technique de la construction.
Ponts Conception et construction.
Tours Conception et construction.
structural engineering.
Brückenbau
Mecanica Das Estruturas.
Pontes De Concreto.
Pontes Metalicas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 183261
Call No.: ID:85-B8712
Status: Available

Location: Library main 183262
Call No.: PO4598; ID:85-B8712
Status: Available