TECHNICS AND ARCHITECTURE. The Development of Materials and Systems for Buildings.

Elliott, Cecil D.

ISBN 10: 0262050455 / ISBN 13: 9780262050456

Published by MIT Press (1993), Cambridge, MA, 1993

About this Item

Small quarto (approx. 8 1/4" wide by 11 1/8" tall / 28 cm) green cloth spine over dark yellow boards. x + 467 pages. Many black and white illustrations. Also includes notes, select bibliography, and index. This oversize book will cost more for expedited or international shipping. Book is in fine condition, dust jacket has a 1/4" closed tear at bottom of top panel, near fine. Science, Technology. 092717E.

Seller Inventory # 000021844

Bibliographic Details

• Title: TECHNICS AND ARCHITECTURE. The Development of Materials and Systems for Buildings.
• Publisher: MIT Press (1993), Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262050455
• ISBN 13: 9780262050456
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 2nd printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

About this title

Synopsis

In this richly illustrated history, Cecil Elliott focuses on a neglected aspect of architecture, the technics of building form. Concentrating on developments in Europe and North America from the Industrial Revolution to the present, he surveys the ways in which new materials, methods, and systems were discovered and tested, and the ways in which they succeeded or failed. Elliott tells the story in two parts, first covering materials--such as wood, masonry, terracotta, iron and steel, glass, cement, and reinforced concrete--and then systems - including lightning protection, sanitation, lighting, heating, air conditioning, elevators and escalators, fire protection, structural engineering, and acoustics.

About the Author

Cecil D. Elliott is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at North Dakota State University.