BUILDING : 3000 YEARS OF DESIGN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION -- Bill Addis

Phaidon, 2007.

Hardcover in very good condition (like new).

640pp. Dimensions: 22cm x 25.2cm

Building: 3000 Years of Design, Engineering, and Construction traces the history of modern building engineering in the Western world from ancient times to the present, bringing to life the key people, buildings, and concepts that have influenced engineering and architecture over the millennia. This comprehensive and heavily illustrated volume documents the classic texts, instruments, materials, and theories that have propelled modern engineering, and the famous and not-so-famous buildings that have resulted through the ages, from the Parthenon to Chartres Cathedral and the dome of St. Peter's, from eighteenth-century silk and cotton mills in England to the Crystal Palace, and from the first Chicago high-rises to the Sydney Opera House and the "green" skyscrapers of today. Organized chronologically in nine chapters, Building focuses on the specific innovations and geographic centres of activity that defined each period in engineering history. Each chapter concentrates on the famous characters and unsung heroes of engineering history.