Why buildings stand up : the strength of architecture. Book

By:

Salvadori, Mario

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York W. W. Norton & Co. 2002Description: 323pISBN:

0393306763

Subject(s):

Buildings Structural engineering Structural stability

DDC classification:

624.17 SAL

Contents:

Contents 1 Structures 17 The Beginning of Architecture 17 Function and Structure 18 Architects and Engineers 23 Structure and the Layman 24 2 The Pyramids 27 What Are They? 27 The Building of the Pyramids 29 The Social Purpose of the Pyramids 38 The 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 The American House 94 Concrete-Frame Housing 96 Prefabricated Concrete Buildings 101 7 Skyscrapers 107 The High-Rise Building 107 The Birth of a Skyscraper 109 The Skyscraper Structure 116 8 The Eiffel Tower 126 The Symbol 126 The Builder of the Tower 129 The Building of the Tower 133 Cranes and Elevators 136 The Life of the Tower 140 The Taller Towers 141 9 Bridges 144 Arches 144 Railroad Bridges 150 Concrete Bridges 157 Space Frames 160 10 The Brooklyn Bridge 165 The Creator of the Bridge 165 The 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 The Unfinished Cathedral 206 The Origin of the Gothic Cathedrals 206 Gothic Spaces and Structures 209 Saint Pierre at Beauvais 217 13 Domes 225 The Largest Roofs in the World 225 The Dome as Structure 226 The Pantheon 230 Santa Maria del Fiore 233 Modern Domes 242 14 Hagia Sophia 246 The Construction of the Church 246 The Interior of the Church 248 The Structure of the Church 252 The Fate of Hagia Sophia 255 15 Tents and Balloons 259 Tents 259 Pneumatic Structures 268 16 The Hanging Sky 278 Domes and Dishes 278 The Hanging Dish 280 17 The Message of Structure 288 Semiotic Messages 288 Semiotic Message and Scale 297 The Varying Semiotic Message 300 Afterword 303 Index 315

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	CEPT Library	Faculty of Architecture	624.17 SAL	Available			025165
Book	CEPT Library Sch. of Building Science & Tech	Faculty of Technology	624.17 SAL	Available	Status:Catalogued;Bill No:11441		B02746

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Contents
1 Structures 17
The Beginning of Architecture 17
Function and Structure 18
Architects and Engineers 23
Structure and the Layman 24
2 The Pyramids 27
What Are They? 27
The Building of the Pyramids 29
The Social Purpose of the Pyramids 38
The 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
The American House 94
Concrete-Frame Housing 96
Prefabricated Concrete Buildings 101
7 Skyscrapers 107
The High-Rise Building 107
The Birth of a Skyscraper 109
The Skyscraper Structure 116
8 The Eiffel Tower 126
The Symbol 126
The Builder of the Tower 129
The Building of the Tower 133
Cranes and Elevators 136
The Life of the Tower 140
The Taller Towers 141
9 Bridges 144
Arches 144
Railroad Bridges 150
Concrete Bridges 157
Space Frames 160
10 The Brooklyn Bridge 165
The Creator of the Bridge 165
The 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 The Unfinished Cathedral 206
The Origin of the Gothic Cathedrals 206
Gothic Spaces and Structures 209
Saint Pierre at Beauvais 217
13 Domes 225
The Largest Roofs in the World 225
The Dome as Structure 226
The Pantheon 230
Santa Maria del Fiore 233
Modern Domes 242
14 Hagia Sophia 246
The Construction of the Church 246
The Interior of the Church 248
The Structure of the Church 252
The Fate of Hagia Sophia 255
15 Tents and Balloons 259
Tents 259
Pneumatic Structures 268
16 The Hanging Sky 278
Domes and Dishes 278
The Hanging Dish 280
17 The Message of Structure 288
Semiotic Messages 288
Semiotic Message and Scale 297
The Varying Semiotic Message 300
Afterword 303
Index 315

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