Iron, Steel and Buildings: Studies in the History of Construction. The Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the Construction History Society

This book provides the peer-reviewed papers accepted for the Seventh Annual Conference of the Construction History Society. The 53 papers in this volume cover a wide range of topics in the history of construction including papers on the history of water, fountains, roofs, prefabrication, cladding, thin shell vaults, contracting, fire proof floors and renders, covering a period from the Romans to the end of the 20th century.