Historical Building Construction: Design, Materials, and Technology (Second Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393732681 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Great Reference Book on early american engineering A detailed reference guide with lots of useful references that will be a good place to start if you are getting into this field, or need some background on existing building structural systems and technology. Very good reference manual for anyone working on historic buildings Very good reference manual for anyone working on historic buildings. Better yet if you are working on projects in NYC you will find this extremely useful.
. Donald Friedman, author of Historical Building Construction, is the president of Old Structures Engineering and lives in New York City
Winner of the Association for Preservation Technology (APT) 2012 Lee Nelson Book Award, this book is an updated edition of the classic text detailing the ins and outs of old building construction. A comprehensive guide to the physical construction of buildings from the 1840s to the present, this study covers the history of concrete- , steel- , and skeleton-frame buildings, provides case histories that apply the information to a wide range of actual projects, and supplies technical data essential to professionals who work with historic structures. 157 photos and drawings
Historical Building Construction offers an engaging way to develop that understanding.” (Civil Engineering) . “A classic in the field….A modern engineer attempting to renovate or rehabilitate buildings needs to understand the mundane as well as the exceptional in order to design the most effective and least intrusive solution