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Back in print--the standard work on Heino Engel's structure systems. The hundreds of drawings and photographs reproduced in this hardback volume offer almost endless variations on the many structural systems that can keep buildings together: within a few pages of one another, tents, domes and cubes are shown supported by poles, cables, ribs, rafters and beams. Engel's(...)
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Back in print--the standard work on Heino Engel's structure systems. The hundreds of drawings and photographs reproduced in this hardback volume offer almost endless variations on the many structural systems that can keep buildings together: within a few pages of one another, tents, domes and cubes are shown supported by poles, cables, ribs, rafters and beams. Engel's(...)
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Back in print--the standard work on Heino Engel's structure systems. The hundreds of drawings and photographs reproduced in this hardback volume offer almost endless variations on the many structural systems that can keep buildings together: within a few pages of one another, tents, domes and cubes are shown supported by poles, cables, ribs, rafters and beams. Engel's presentation and explanation of this highly complex material differs fundamentally from others' work on the subject in that he focuses entirely upon the functions and design effects of these mechanisms, without regard for technical details: More than an engineering text, this is a catalogue of ideas and forms for architects and dreamers, a David Macaulay book for adults. Structure Systems skips over more commonly treated special designs and completed buildings for typical, representative and surprising shapes. As a reference work or daydream material, it is an indispensable repertoire of forms.
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Back in print--the standard work on Heino Engel's structure systems. The hundreds of drawings and photographs reproduced in this hardback volume offer almost endless variations on the many structural systems that can keep buildings together: within a few pages of one another, tents, domes and cubes are shown supported by poles, cables, ribs, rafters and beams. Engel's presentation and explanation of this highly complex material differs fundamentally from others' work on the subject in that he focuses entirely upon the functions and design effects of these mechanisms, without regard for technical details: More than an engineering text, this is a catalogue of ideas and forms for architects and dreamers, a David Macaulay book for adults. Structure Systems skips over more commonly treated special designs and completed buildings for typical, representative and surprising shapes. As a reference work or daydream material, it is an indispensable repertoire of forms.
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February 2007, Ostfildern
February 2007, Ostfildern
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The influence on the interplay of technical progress, imagination and functional variety in footbridges are different from those affecting large-scale bridges. This fact has resulted in an exhaustible variety of distinctive design, as is beautifully illustrated by the selection of footbridges shown in this book. Essays clearly explain the technical aspects and the(...)
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The influence on the interplay of technical progress, imagination and functional variety in footbridges are different from those affecting large-scale bridges. This fact has resulted in an exhaustible variety of distinctive design, as is beautifully illustrated by the selection of footbridges shown in this book. Essays clearly explain the technical aspects and the(...)
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Footbridges: structure, design, history
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The influence on the interplay of technical progress, imagination and functional variety in footbridges are different from those affecting large-scale bridges. This fact has resulted in an exhaustible variety of distinctive design, as is beautifully illustrated by the selection of footbridges shown in this book. Essays clearly explain the technical aspects and the aesthetic potential of different structure designs. Footbridges contains detailed presentations of 90 european bridges, with text, comprehensive and detail plans, and photographs taken especially for the volume. With projects by Arup, Jürg Conzett, Foster and Partners, Happold, Schlaich Bergermann and Partners, Wilkinson Eyre, Jiri Strasky and others. The examples are organized chronologically in thematically focused chapters: lightweight bridges, moving bridges, covered bridges, taut-ribbon suspension bridges, arch bridges, etc. For those whose curiosity is aroused by the insight given into this type of bridge building, a compilation of 120 more footbridges, listed by location, provide a starting point for further investigation.
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The influence on the interplay of technical progress, imagination and functional variety in footbridges are different from those affecting large-scale bridges. This fact has resulted in an exhaustible variety of distinctive design, as is beautifully illustrated by the selection of footbridges shown in this book. Essays clearly explain the technical aspects and the aesthetic potential of different structure designs. Footbridges contains detailed presentations of 90 european bridges, with text, comprehensive and detail plans, and photographs taken especially for the volume. With projects by Arup, Jürg Conzett, Foster and Partners, Happold, Schlaich Bergermann and Partners, Wilkinson Eyre, Jiri Strasky and others. The examples are organized chronologically in thematically focused chapters: lightweight bridges, moving bridges, covered bridges, taut-ribbon suspension bridges, arch bridges, etc. For those whose curiosity is aroused by the insight given into this type of bridge building, a compilation of 120 more footbridges, listed by location, provide a starting point for further investigation.
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October 2007
October 2007
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Bridges are such ubiquitous features of the built environment that we cross most of them barely acknowledging their presence. Certain bridges, however, command attention: for their utility facilitating travel from here to there; for their size, setting, beauty, or historical associations. Ordinary or spellbinding, every bridge is a response to a problem—the spanning of a(...)
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Bridges are such ubiquitous features of the built environment that we cross most of them barely acknowledging their presence. Certain bridges, however, command attention: for their utility facilitating travel from here to there; for their size, setting, beauty, or historical associations. Ordinary or spellbinding, every bridge is a response to a problem—the spanning of a(...)
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Bridges are such ubiquitous features of the built environment that we cross most of them barely acknowledging their presence. Certain bridges, however, command attention: for their utility facilitating travel from here to there; for their size, setting, beauty, or historical associations. Ordinary or spellbinding, every bridge is a response to a problem—the spanning of a river or other obstacle, solved more or less elegantly. This visual sourcebook surveys American bridges from coast to coast in terms of four fundamental structural types (beam, arch, truss, and suspension) and the special category of movable bridges (swing, lift, and bascule), showing how similar structural ideas have been addressed by different designers, refined over time, and rendered in various building materials.
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Bridges are such ubiquitous features of the built environment that we cross most of them barely acknowledging their presence. Certain bridges, however, command attention: for their utility facilitating travel from here to there; for their size, setting, beauty, or historical associations. Ordinary or spellbinding, every bridge is a response to a problem—the spanning of a river or other obstacle, solved more or less elegantly. This visual sourcebook surveys American bridges from coast to coast in terms of four fundamental structural types (beam, arch, truss, and suspension) and the special category of movable bridges (swing, lift, and bascule), showing how similar structural ideas have been addressed by different designers, refined over time, and rendered in various building materials.
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November 2007, New York
November 2007, New York
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Design office ipv Delft offers the readers realistic insights into the bridge designing process. What exactly is involved? What knowledge is required? How much does a bridge actually cost? And how can you ensure that all the requisite factors • technology, design requirements and desired image • are combined to create a successful bridge design? Bridging the Dutch(...)
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Design office ipv Delft offers the readers realistic insights into the bridge designing process. What exactly is involved? What knowledge is required? How much does a bridge actually cost? And how can you ensure that all the requisite factors • technology, design requirements and desired image • are combined to create a successful bridge design? Bridging the Dutch(...)
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March 2007, Amsterdam
March 2007, Amsterdam
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Bridging the Dutch Landscape : design guide for bridges
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Design office ipv Delft offers the readers realistic insights into the bridge designing process. What exactly is involved? What knowledge is required? How much does a bridge actually cost? And how can you ensure that all the requisite factors • technology, design requirements and desired image • are combined to create a successful bridge design? Bridging the Dutch Landscape tells the story of the design process, based on 26 bridge designs and a design guide. One by one, it shows the different parts of a bridge and their function and possibilities. Apart from interesting design features, factors such as the building costs and bridge size are included for each projects ipv Delft has been designing bridges and outdoor products for ten years. In the process, the company has gained a wealth of experience and has become an expert in bridge design and all that is involved in the design and building processes.
Bridging the Dutch Landscape : design guide for bridges
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Design office ipv Delft offers the readers realistic insights into the bridge designing process. What exactly is involved? What knowledge is required? How much does a bridge actually cost? And how can you ensure that all the requisite factors • technology, design requirements and desired image • are combined to create a successful bridge design? Bridging the Dutch Landscape tells the story of the design process, based on 26 bridge designs and a design guide. One by one, it shows the different parts of a bridge and their function and possibilities. Apart from interesting design features, factors such as the building costs and bridge size are included for each projects ipv Delft has been designing bridges and outdoor products for ten years. In the process, the company has gained a wealth of experience and has become an expert in bridge design and all that is involved in the design and building processes.
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March 2007, Amsterdam
March 2007, Amsterdam
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Le débat public sur les autoroutes est généralement de deux types: débat sur le "pourquoi", mené à grand renfort de communication policée et de manifestations hostiles; débat sur le "comment", poursuivi entre aménageurs: décideurs, ingénieurs, techniciens, acteurs économiques, chercheurs... L'ouvrage, rédigé par une équipe de chercheurs, se situe dans le "comment": ses(...)
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Le débat public sur les autoroutes est généralement de deux types: débat sur le "pourquoi", mené à grand renfort de communication policée et de manifestations hostiles; débat sur le "comment", poursuivi entre aménageurs: décideurs, ingénieurs, techniciens, acteurs économiques, chercheurs... L'ouvrage, rédigé par une équipe de chercheurs, se situe dans le "comment": ses(...)
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January 2004, Lausanne
January 2004, Lausanne
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Autoroutes et aménagements : interactions avec l'environnement
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Le débat public sur les autoroutes est généralement de deux types: débat sur le "pourquoi", mené à grand renfort de communication policée et de manifestations hostiles; débat sur le "comment", poursuivi entre aménageurs: décideurs, ingénieurs, techniciens, acteurs économiques, chercheurs... L'ouvrage, rédigé par une équipe de chercheurs, se situe dans le "comment": ses auteurs ne portent pas de jugement de valeur sur l'infrastructure elle-même, mais ils étudient les interactions entre l'autoroute et l'environnement au sens large: bruit, air, sol, eau, faune, flore, paysage de l'autoroute, économie et territoire, au travers de l'examen de plusieurs cas concrets.
Autoroutes et aménagements : interactions avec l'environnement
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Le débat public sur les autoroutes est généralement de deux types: débat sur le "pourquoi", mené à grand renfort de communication policée et de manifestations hostiles; débat sur le "comment", poursuivi entre aménageurs: décideurs, ingénieurs, techniciens, acteurs économiques, chercheurs... L'ouvrage, rédigé par une équipe de chercheurs, se situe dans le "comment": ses auteurs ne portent pas de jugement de valeur sur l'infrastructure elle-même, mais ils étudient les interactions entre l'autoroute et l'environnement au sens large: bruit, air, sol, eau, faune, flore, paysage de l'autoroute, économie et territoire, au travers de l'examen de plusieurs cas concrets.
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January 2004, Lausanne
January 2004, Lausanne
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Les ponts de Paris appartiennent à la légende. Ils racontent chacun à leur façon l'histoire des transformations de la capitale. La passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir s'inscrit dans cette mythologie. Née avec le XXIe siècle et ouverte aux piétons l'été 2006, elle est un trait tendu sur 300 mètres entre la bibliothèque François-Mitterrand et les terrasses du parc de Bercy, elle(...)
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Les ponts de Paris appartiennent à la légende. Ils racontent chacun à leur façon l'histoire des transformations de la capitale. La passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir s'inscrit dans cette mythologie. Née avec le XXIe siècle et ouverte aux piétons l'été 2006, elle est un trait tendu sur 300 mètres entre la bibliothèque François-Mitterrand et les terrasses du parc de Bercy, elle(...)
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Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir Paris
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Les ponts de Paris appartiennent à la légende. Ils racontent chacun à leur façon l'histoire des transformations de la capitale. La passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir s'inscrit dans cette mythologie. Née avec le XXIe siècle et ouverte aux piétons l'été 2006, elle est un trait tendu sur 300 mètres entre la bibliothèque François-Mitterrand et les terrasses du parc de Bercy, elle est un lien entre les nouveaux quartiers des rives gauche et droite, elle est un nouvel espace public dans la ville avant que d'être une œuvre d'architecture et d'ingénierie d'une liberté rare. Ce livre raconte la genèse de cette passerelle depuis sa conception jusqu'à sa réalisation.
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Les ponts de Paris appartiennent à la légende. Ils racontent chacun à leur façon l'histoire des transformations de la capitale. La passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir s'inscrit dans cette mythologie. Née avec le XXIe siècle et ouverte aux piétons l'été 2006, elle est un trait tendu sur 300 mètres entre la bibliothèque François-Mitterrand et les terrasses du parc de Bercy, elle est un lien entre les nouveaux quartiers des rives gauche et droite, elle est un nouvel espace public dans la ville avant que d'être une œuvre d'architecture et d'ingénierie d'une liberté rare. Ce livre raconte la genèse de cette passerelle depuis sa conception jusqu'à sa réalisation.
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December 2006, Bruxelles
December 2006, Bruxelles
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Engineering Structures
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Ce livre présente, de manière très illustrée, trois usines construites par Aéroports de Paris pour y assembler des avions. Ces bâtiments de grande taille sont emblématiques de l’architecture conçue pour le transport aérien.
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Ce livre présente, de manière très illustrée, trois usines construites par Aéroports de Paris pour y assembler des avions. Ces bâtiments de grande taille sont emblématiques de l’architecture conçue pour le transport aérien.
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Usines d'avions / aircrafts factories : Toulouse-Dubai-Séville
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Ce livre présente, de manière très illustrée, trois usines construites par Aéroports de Paris pour y assembler des avions. Ces bâtiments de grande taille sont emblématiques de l’architecture conçue pour le transport aérien.
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Ce livre présente, de manière très illustrée, trois usines construites par Aéroports de Paris pour y assembler des avions. Ces bâtiments de grande taille sont emblématiques de l’architecture conçue pour le transport aérien.
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January 2007, Paris
January 2007, Paris
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Dam, a new addition to Reaktion’s Objekt series, traces the development of dams from the Industrial Revolution to the present day through a number of themes – both successes and failures – including the extension of the design teams forming an alliance between engineering, architecture, landscape architecture and ecology. A profusely illustrated exploration of a(...)
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Dam, a new addition to Reaktion’s Objekt series, traces the development of dams from the Industrial Revolution to the present day through a number of themes – both successes and failures – including the extension of the design teams forming an alliance between engineering, architecture, landscape architecture and ecology. A profusely illustrated exploration of a(...)
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Dam, a new addition to Reaktion’s Objekt series, traces the development of dams from the Industrial Revolution to the present day through a number of themes – both successes and failures – including the extension of the design teams forming an alliance between engineering, architecture, landscape architecture and ecology. A profusely illustrated exploration of a previously neglected subject, this book is neither a polemic against dams nor a defence of their proliferation. It offers a fresh and much-needed account of their design, construction and function, which will appeal to dam engineers, environmentalists, historians and students, as well as those who previously recognized only The Dambusters march.
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Dam, a new addition to Reaktion’s Objekt series, traces the development of dams from the Industrial Revolution to the present day through a number of themes – both successes and failures – including the extension of the design teams forming an alliance between engineering, architecture, landscape architecture and ecology. A profusely illustrated exploration of a previously neglected subject, this book is neither a polemic against dams nor a defence of their proliferation. It offers a fresh and much-needed account of their design, construction and function, which will appeal to dam engineers, environmentalists, historians and students, as well as those who previously recognized only The Dambusters march.
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June 2007, London
June 2007, London
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Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? In this sweeping, ambitious look at a thousand years of Western experience, Robert Friedel argues that technological change comes largely through the pursuit of improvement--the deep-rooted belief that things could be done in a better way. What Friedel calls the "culture of(...)
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Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? In this sweeping, ambitious look at a thousand years of Western experience, Robert Friedel argues that technological change comes largely through the pursuit of improvement--the deep-rooted belief that things could be done in a better way. What Friedel calls the "culture of(...)
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A culture of improvement : technology and the western millennium
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Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? In this sweeping, ambitious look at a thousand years of Western experience, Robert Friedel argues that technological change comes largely through the pursuit of improvement--the deep-rooted belief that things could be done in a better way. What Friedel calls the "culture of improvement" is manifested every day in the ways people carry out their tasks in life--from tilling fields and raising children to waging war. Improvements can be ephemeral or lasting, and one person’s improvement may not always be viewed as such by others. Friedel stresses the social processes by which we define what improvements are and decide which improvements will last and which will not. These processes, he emphasizes, have created both winners and losers in history. Friedel presents a series of narratives of Western technology that begin in the eleventh century and stretch into the twenty-first. Familiar figures from the history of invention are joined by others--the Italian preacher who described the first eyeglasses, the dairywomen displaced from their control over cheesemaking, and the little-known engineer who first suggested a grand tower to Gustav Eiffel. Friedel traces technology from the plow and the printing press to the internal combustion engine, the transistor, and the space shuttle. Friedel also reminds us that faith in improvement can sometimes have horrific consequences: improved weaponry makes warfare ever more deadly and the drive for improving human beings can lead to eugenics and even genocide. The most comprehensive attempt to tell the story of Western technology in many years, engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, A Culture of Improvement documents the ways in which the drive for improvement has shaped our modern world.
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Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? In this sweeping, ambitious look at a thousand years of Western experience, Robert Friedel argues that technological change comes largely through the pursuit of improvement--the deep-rooted belief that things could be done in a better way. What Friedel calls the "culture of improvement" is manifested every day in the ways people carry out their tasks in life--from tilling fields and raising children to waging war. Improvements can be ephemeral or lasting, and one person’s improvement may not always be viewed as such by others. Friedel stresses the social processes by which we define what improvements are and decide which improvements will last and which will not. These processes, he emphasizes, have created both winners and losers in history. Friedel presents a series of narratives of Western technology that begin in the eleventh century and stretch into the twenty-first. Familiar figures from the history of invention are joined by others--the Italian preacher who described the first eyeglasses, the dairywomen displaced from their control over cheesemaking, and the little-known engineer who first suggested a grand tower to Gustav Eiffel. Friedel traces technology from the plow and the printing press to the internal combustion engine, the transistor, and the space shuttle. Friedel also reminds us that faith in improvement can sometimes have horrific consequences: improved weaponry makes warfare ever more deadly and the drive for improving human beings can lead to eugenics and even genocide. The most comprehensive attempt to tell the story of Western technology in many years, engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, A Culture of Improvement documents the ways in which the drive for improvement has shaped our modern world.
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May 2007, Cambridge / London
May 2007, Cambridge / London
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Construire en acier
Construire en acier
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L'avènement au XIXe siècle du matériau acier a fondamentalement contribué à l'évolution de l'architecture, en ouvrant des possibilités jusqu'alors insoupçonnées dans le domaine des portées et des hauteurs de bâtiments. De nos jours, la technique de construction incite à réaliser des performances toujours plus remarquables et à rechercher de nouvelles formes de bâtiments :(...)
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L'avènement au XIXe siècle du matériau acier a fondamentalement contribué à l'évolution de l'architecture, en ouvrant des possibilités jusqu'alors insoupçonnées dans le domaine des portées et des hauteurs de bâtiments. De nos jours, la technique de construction incite à réaliser des performances toujours plus remarquables et à rechercher de nouvelles formes de bâtiments :(...)
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January 2003, Lausanne
January 2003, Lausanne
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Construire en acier
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L'avènement au XIXe siècle du matériau acier a fondamentalement contribué à l'évolution de l'architecture, en ouvrant des possibilités jusqu'alors insoupçonnées dans le domaine des portées et des hauteurs de bâtiments. De nos jours, la technique de construction incite à réaliser des performances toujours plus remarquables et à rechercher de nouvelles formes de bâtiments : le matériau acier a affranchi la construction de presque toutes les limites. Les auteurs de "Construire en acier" se sont proposés de centrer leur ouvrage autour du thème de l'unité de la conception et de la construction, et de présenter clairement les assemblages appropriés à ce type de construction, en fonction du matériau, du traitement, de la fabrication et du montage de l'ouvrage. Largement illustré, ce livre a l'ambition d'être à la fois un manuel et un traité sur la construction en acier. Il offre aux architectes et aux ingénieurs ainsi qu'aux étudiants une référence précieuse sur leur travail de concepteurs ou de constructeurs.
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L'avènement au XIXe siècle du matériau acier a fondamentalement contribué à l'évolution de l'architecture, en ouvrant des possibilités jusqu'alors insoupçonnées dans le domaine des portées et des hauteurs de bâtiments. De nos jours, la technique de construction incite à réaliser des performances toujours plus remarquables et à rechercher de nouvelles formes de bâtiments : le matériau acier a affranchi la construction de presque toutes les limites. Les auteurs de "Construire en acier" se sont proposés de centrer leur ouvrage autour du thème de l'unité de la conception et de la construction, et de présenter clairement les assemblages appropriés à ce type de construction, en fonction du matériau, du traitement, de la fabrication et du montage de l'ouvrage. Largement illustré, ce livre a l'ambition d'être à la fois un manuel et un traité sur la construction en acier. Il offre aux architectes et aux ingénieurs ainsi qu'aux étudiants une référence précieuse sur leur travail de concepteurs ou de constructeurs.
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January 2003, Lausanne
January 2003, Lausanne
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