Contents
Preliminaries
J. W. P. Campbell Introduction i
The Building Industry
A. Rabeneck The place of knowledge in construction 3
N. Baker Have the effects of its history resulted in a Scottish construction industry that differs from its counterparts in the rest of the UK? 11
Sources for Construction History
I. Bertels Picturing construction. Photographical documentation of Belgian construction sites by late nineteenth and early twentieth-century contractors 25
W. Addis Are the traces left by structural engineers sufficient to assess their eminence? 37
Materials
V. La Spina, F. Vegas, & C.Mileto, Gypsum in Spanish Levant: history of its production and use in local architecture 47
T. Le Dantec Gypsum external renders of Paris: history and fabrication 59
S. Tonna & C. Chesi Earthquake-resistant systems in traditional masonry construction: two examples from Mediterranean vernacular architecture 73
The Graeco-Roman World
S. Rababeh, & R. AI Rabady Stone Architecture: Stone Dressing in Petra, Jordan 87
R. Mancini Some considerations on Roman building techniques in the early fifth century AD 99
C.M.Amici The roofing system of the Tripartite Building at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Italy) 109
The Middle Ages
C. How, C. Bolle, J.-M. Leotard & A. Lapins The Medieval bi-petal head nail 119
I.-J. Gil-Crespo Wooden reinforcing chains in the Spanish medieval fortification 129
A. Sainz Esteban Constructive similarities and differences in the walls in "Comunidades de Villa y Tierra" in the Diocese of Segovia, Spain. 141
M. Tutton Brick Staircases: the Rye House Group and Beyond 153
D. Wendland Load bearing matters: considerations on geometrical and structural design in Late Gothic vaults 165
A. Costa Jover, J. Lluis i Ginovart, S. Coll Pia, & A. Ferre Jover The construction-deconstruction process of the Cathedral of Tortosa 179
A. L. Ampliato Briones & J. C. Rodriguez Estevez The first design project for the church of Santa Marfa in Carmona (Seville, Spain): hypothesis on the creation of a new architectural typology in the Spanish Late Gothic 191
The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
D. Hawkes The environment of the Elizabethan House: Hardwick Hall 203
M. Heaton Spolia Britannica: the historical use of salvaged building materials in Britain 215
R. Romero Medina &M. Romero Bejarano Traces and architects in the 16th century architecture of
Spain: the case of Hernan Ruiz in Jerez De La Frontera 231
The Eighteenth Century
C. Mazzanti A multidisciplinary study on the exposed brick walls of the baroque architecture of Penne in Italy. 241
D. Capecchi, & C. Tocci Three technical reports of R.G. Boscovich on the statics of domes 251
The Nineteenth Century
C.F. Carocci & C. Tocci The Giulio Cesare Hall in Palazzo Senatorio in Campidoglio. Notes on the late XIX century construction-site. 265
I. Stoyanova The roof of the Gallery Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan: reconstructing the original building technology 277
R. Cox& D. O'Dwyer Education for construction: engineering education in Trinity College Dublin in the 1840s 295
J. Dobbels, I. Bertels & I. Wouters The professionalization of Belgian general contractors (1877-1914): an analysis of the construction journal La Chronique des Travaux Publics, du Commerce et de
l 'Jndustrie 309
F. J. Perez de la Cruz, J. Garcia Le6n, C. Diaz Garcia, A. Trapote Jaume An English Company's Role in the 19th Century Water Supply to Cartagena
V. Flores-Sasso Timbers, palm boards and construction materials at eighteenth and nineteenth century's architecture in Dominican Republic
L. Vandenabeele, I. Bertels & I. Wouters From de l'Orme's to Hetzer's arch roofs: engineering
the elegance 333
The Twentieth Century
J. Clarke The exception, not the norm: pre-1940 concrete-framed commercial offices in England 357
F. Smyth Fine-tuning and Demolition: the First Acoustics Laboratory at Britain's Building Research Station 371
M. Sanabra-Loewe Why did modern post-tensioned floors flourish in the US and not in Europe -a matter of tradition? 381
F. J. Mufloz Fernandez Home delivery: English temporary prefabricated housing in Bilbao: the testing of a new construction system in 1947 393
L. Greco Motel: building techniques and architectural features of the Italian repertoire (1954-1969) 407
S. Mornati Building Technology and Corporate Image: a case study of ENI, a leading Italian company 419
S. Van de Voorde Glass and glazing in post-war Belgium (1945-70). The rise of double glazing. 429
W.McLean Building with Air: The Pneumatically Powered Construction Systems of Dante Bini 441
D. Yeomans Better than Bucky: 'domes' for sports halls 451
S. Melsens, P. Mangaonkar-Vaiude, Y. Joshi Architect-entrepreneurs in post-independence Pune (India) 461