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Preliminaries
J. W. P. Campbell Introduction i
Iron and Steel
C. Maggi Iron reinforcements in the medieval and modern attics of Belgium. 3
A. Kosykh Building with Iron in Eighteenth-Century Tula: The Armory Capital of Russia and Its Iron Roofs 15
K. M. Chalvatzi Early iron in Theatre Construction: the Theatre du Palais-Royal in Paris 31
T. F. Peters Louis Bruyere's innovative iron bridges and their contribution to the development of modern iron construction 45
B. Espion Iron bridges in Belgium before 1853 59
D. O'Dwyer The development in the design of beams from 1820 – 1860 73
S. Sire, M. Ragueneau Hybrid wrought iron and steel connections. The example of the electric arc welding reinforcement of the swing bridge in Brest (France) 83
S. E. Wermiel Introduction of the Rolled I-beam in the U.S.A. in the 1850s, Revisited 93
I. Stoyanova Plan B or learning about Construction History from reconstructions and repairs: the iron roof of Gallery Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. 105
K. Wolf Rautennetze by Emil Hunnebeck - steel lamella roofs of the interwar period 117
V. Gillet An iron-mounted stoneware facade in Paris: Charles Klein's apartment building at rue
Claude-Chahu 9 129
J. Burchardt The Wire Nails Revolution: The History 1898-2000 143
J. McGuinness The use of light-weight steel sections etc. in low status housing in England 157
S. Mornati Construction and Business Industrialization in Italy in the Second Po$t-War Period: the FEAL 171
F. Spada Aspects of constructive innovation in the activity of the Societa Generale Immobiliare (SGI) in Italy (1950s-1970s) 185
E. Nagel Made from steel. Good as gold? The 1950s detached steel houses by MAN in Germany 197
Before the Eighteenth Century
J. Gelder Roman building services and architectural manuals: Part 2 213
A. Lapins Water Management in Medieval German Castles in Latvia 227
C. Veloudaki, D. Theodossopoulos Oria Kastro on Kythnos: analysis of the built
Remains 235
M. Maissen On the Subsequent Vaulting of Churches in the Late Gothic Period: The Collegiate Church of San Vittore Mauro in Poschiavo, Switzerland 249
R. Mair The pumping stations of the historical Augsburg drinking water supply 261
V. Burgassi, M. Volpiano Tradition and innovation: the construction of court palaces and the role of professional figures in eighteenth-century Piedmont 275
M. G. D'Amelio, L. Grieco Gunshots, wind, melodies, water jets and bubbling: hydraulic valves for the Teatro delle Acque of Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati 287
Eighteenth Century
W.R. Wheeler Post-Colonial New World Dutch Framing Innovations and the Development of the Balloon Frame 303
G. Mazzone The rise of Stereotomy. The evolution of geometric applications in architecture from the Renaissance to the Baroque in France and Italy 317
J.W.P. Campbell The Significance of John Theophilus Desaguliers's Course of Experimental
Philosophy to the History of Hydraulics and what it reveals about the First Pump-driven Fountains 331
M. Chrimes Jesse Hartley in 1797: evidence on the making of the Liverpool Docks Engineer 347
E. Herrero-Garcia, I. Gil-Crespo Industrial technology and brick vaults construction in Spain, 18th century: The Royal Glass Factory in La Granja 365
L. Romano Fighting fires. Jean-Far Eustache de Saint-Far's contribution to the debate on fireproof constructions in France at the end of the eighteenth century 379
Nineteenth Century
S. M. Holzer, C. Knobling The laminated arch in the first half of the 19th century: A status report from Switzerland 389
L. Bulckaen, R. Devos The engineer as mediator in complex architectural projects at the turn of the nineteenth century: the case study of Louis Cloquet 405
C. Weber Professional organisations of Architects and Engineers and their journals in nineteenth
century German States 419
Twentieth Century
L. Stampfer Do As The Romans Do: possible Roman influences on the construction of Nordic settlers 433
A. Thuy The 'Pilzdecken' of the Federal Granary in Altdorf: "a paragon facility for the modern art of building" 443
V. Guagliardi Building reconstruction following the 1905 Calabria Earthquake 457
D. Theodossopoulos, I. Gratsia Andreas Dracopoulos and Ergoliptiki, and the Introduction of Reinforc'ed Concrete in Greece 465

R. Haddadi, M. Rinke Early glulam for temporary large scale structures in Switzerland 477
L. Dimitriadi The geometry and structure of an early freeform roof: the Europe 1 Transmitter Building in the Saar 489
A. Verdonck The history of Rasco-Relief: a Dutch decorative render that found its way to Belgian craftsmen 501
L. Greco Mountain Buildings: Prefabrication in Italian Alpine Shelters (1925-44) 513
A. M. Sowder, E. Sowder Indestructible: The Construction of Stormproof Concrete Hurricane Houses in the 1930s Florida Keys 527
S. Nannini Icelandic Concrete Surfaces: Guojon Samuelsson's Steining (1930-50) 541
M. Rusak Norwegian Systems Architecture: Timber Prefabrication of Moelven Brug 553
G. Boller, J. Schwartz Modelling the form. Heinz Isler, Frei Otto and their approaches to form-finding 565
M. Mendoza, J. Cueto Ruiz-Funes Preservation and conservation of Felix Candela's historic concrete shell: Los Manantiales restaurant 577
M. Mendoza, M.Esponda, L. C. Espinosa, V. Mendez The Cosmic Rays Pavilion: the first hypar
concrete shell in Latin-America, constructed at Ciudad Universitaria campus, Mexico City (UNESCO World Heritage Site) 587
J. Dobbels Delineating construction competences and expertise. Analysis of twentieth-century dispute settlement by the Brussels' contracting company Entreprises Generales Henri Ruttiens et Fils 599
A. Albuerne Robin Hood Gardens: Reinforced concrete design and construction of a museum artefact in reinforced concrete 611
I. Giannetti Reinforced concrete, industry and design : Balency prefabricated panels between France and Italy 625
V. B. Ladinski The Legacy of the Emigre Russian Architects in Former Yugoslavia 639
P. Fuentes, R.A. Guerra-Pestonit The Vaults of Sint-Theresia's church in Dilbeek (Belgium): Tradition and Innovation in Tile Vaults in the 20th Century 651
M. Rinke, R. Haddadi Transforming the traditional timber roof - the sports hall in Birsfelden as an early glulam application in Switzerland 665
S. Van de Voorde, L. Raaffels The private house of engineer Jean-Marie Huberty and its hypar roof. A unique experiment in concrete construction in Belgium in the 1960s 679