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Describes advances and innovations in architecture and construction and shows how the development of new building materials will strengthen future designs.From factories to farm buildings, from tunnels to skyscrapers, this book looks at the way building technology has dramatically changed the places we work in, live in or travel in. Starting with a look at today's materials and design, the author goes on to explain the basic features of any building. The following chapters examine the technology involved in building roads, bridges, tunnels and dams. The author also discusses renovation of old buildings, and the technology used in demolition. The final chapter looks at the direction in which building technology may lead in the 21st century.
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Grade 3-6-- A look at the entire field of building technology including structural and civil engineering, architecture, and construction materials. After a two-page introduction to the construction industry, Lambert allots three pages each to summaries of building materials and design basics. Additional chapters are devoted to more in-depth, but still brief, discussions of foundations, wall and floors, arches, roofs, roads, bridges, tunnels, and dams. Readers will be frustrated by either too much detail for the scope of the book or oversimplification and misinformation about complex topics. A glossary explains terms such as ``cladding'' and ``screed'' but omits ``wall tie'' and ``courses.'' The full-color photographs and cross-section diagrams are generally of good quality. They are, however, occasionally placed several pages away from the appropriate text, and the floor plan and elevation used to represent house plans appears to be from a 19th-century home. A title of little use in most collections. --Jeanette Larson, Texas State Library, Austin
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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