Why buildings stand up : the strength of architecture / Mario Salvadori ; illustrations by Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393306763
- ISBN: 9780393306767
- Physical Description: 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 1990.
- Copyright: ©1980
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.Reprint. Originally published: 1980.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1 Structures 17 -- Beginning of Architecture 17 -- Function and Structure 18 -- Architects and Engineers 23 -- Structure and the Layman 24 -- 2 Pyramids 27 -- What Are They? 27 -- Building of the Pyramids 29 -- Social Purpose of the Pyramids 38 -- Death of the Pyramids 40 -- 3 Loads 43 -- Dead Loads 43 -- Live Loads 44 -- Dynamic Loads 45 -- Wind Loads 49 -- Earthquake Loads 53 -- Thermal and Settlement Loads 54 -- 4 Materials 59 -- Tension and Compression 59 -- Elasticity and Plasticity 60 -- Safety Factors 63 -- Steel 64 -- Reinforced Concrete 66 -- Plastics 70 -- 5 Beams and Columns 72 -- Newton's Laws 72 -- Translational Equilibrium 73 -- Rotational Equilibrium 75 -- Beam Action 76 -- Shear 83 -- Buckling 85 -- 6 Houses 90 -- Prehistoric and Historic Houses 90 -- American House 94 -- Concrete-Frame Housing 96 -- Prefabricated Concrete Buildings 101 -- 7 Skyscrapers 107 -- High-Rise Building 107 -- Birth of a Skyscraper 109 -- Skyscraper Structure 116 -- 8 Eiffel Tower 126 -- Symbol 126 -- Builder of the Tower 129 -- Building of the Tower 133 -- Cranes and Elevators 136 -- Life of the Tower 140 -- Taller Towers 141 -- 9 Bridges 144 -- Arches 144 -- Railroad Bridges 150 -- Concrete Bridges 157 -- Space Frames 160 -- 10 Brooklyn Bridge 165 -- Creator of the Bridge 165 -- Construction of the Bridge 169 -- Modern Suspension Bridges 176 -- 11 Form-Resistant Structures 179 -- Grids and Flat Slabs 179 -- Strength through Form 186 -- Curved Surfaces 188 -- Barrel Roofs and Folded Plates 191 -- Saddle Roofs 195 -- Complex Roofs 198 -- Thin Shell Dams 201 -- 12 Unfinished Cathedral 206 -- Origin of the Gothic Cathedrals 206 -- Gothic Spaces and Structures 209 -- Saint Pierre at Beauvais 217 -- 13 Domes 225 -- Largest Roofs in the World 225 -- Dome as Structure 226 -- Pantheon 230 -- Santa Maria del Fiore 233 -- Modern Domes 242 -- 14 Hagia Sophia 246 -- Construction of the Church 246 -- Interior of the Church 248 -- Structure of the Church 252 -- Fate of Hagia Sophia 255 -- 15 Tents and Balloons 259 -- Pneumatic Structures 268 -- 16 Hanging Sky 278 -- Domes and Dishes 278 -- Hanging Dish 280 -- 17 Message of Structure 288 -- Semiotic Message and Scale 297 -- Varying Semiotic Message 300.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 624.17 SAL (Text) | 36015000610929 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bW.W. Norton, ‡c1990. | |
| 264 | 4. | ‡c©1980 | |
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