Contents
Preliminaries
Introduction by Campbell, James W.P. i
The contribution made by the Journal Construction History towards establishing the history of construction as an academic discipline by Addis, Bill iii
Session papers
The early German production and use of modem hydraulic binders: between English influences and the search for a scientific approach,
1817-1839 by Aprea, Salvatore 1
Form v function: the structural development of early fifteenth-century hammer-beam roofs by Beech, Robert 9
Some examples of structural innovation in the construction of English churches in the long nineteenth century by Bell, Paul 17
'Fabric wardens' and the organisation of parish church construction in the late Middle Ages by Byng, Gabriel 25
Strategies for the accord of Gothic and Classical stone construction systems in 16th- and 17th-century buildings in Northern Spain by Calderon-Gonzalez, Alberto 35
Pier Luigi Nervi vs Fazlur Khan: the developing of the outrigger system for skyscrapers by Cardellicchio, Luciano 47
A digital edition of the didactic knowledge of construction: a critical edition of the courses of Antoine Desgodets, professor at the Academie Royale d'Architecture (Paris, 1719-1728) by Carvais, Robert 59
Building material migration: imported brick and localization in Taiwan in the seventeenth century by Chou, Y.& D. Theodossopoulos 71
Building by Direct Labour: the significance of Direct Labour Organisations (DLOs) in the provision of public housing in the UK 1890-1980 by Clarke, Linda 81
Knowledge transfer of vernacular finishing techniques in the interwar period: on the history of cimome render by Dekeyser, L. & A. Verdonck 91
Hang the roof: building the aerial site by Domin, Christopher 101
Construction history and alteration of the oak roof structure of the Sidney Sussex College Hall by Fleming, P., S., Singler& M. Ramage 113
The traditional wooden shipyards on the northwest coast of Spain by Fuertes Dopico, O. & J. F. Madrid 121
Garcia-Ares, J. A. & Some instances of arch and vaulting construction at the New York Public Library by F. Tellia 131
Two Egyptian curves revisited by Gelder, John 145
A proposal for cataloguing the building techniques in Roman-Byzantine and Islamic Jordanian Hawran. Stratigraphy and Chrono-typology: the Umm as-Surab village by Gilento, Piero 157
The transformation of Drumlanrig Castle at the end of seventeenth-century by Gonzalez-Longo, Cristina 169
The introduction of ready-mix rendering mortars for stone imitation in Belgium [1920-1940] by Govaerts, Y., A., Verdonck, M. de, Bouw & W., Meulebroeck 181
The evolution of building techniques in the Italian Alpine context from the 1950s-1960s. The case of the Church in Corte di Cadore by Edoardo Gellner and Carlo Scarpa (1956-1961). By Greco, Laura 191
A history of structural defects and repairs, the Iron Bridge, Shropshire by Heath, J. & J. Miller 201
Wren's domes by Heyman, Jacques 209
Mixing concrete - remarks on the early history of modern concrete by Holzer, Stefan M. 219
The British cut clasp nail by How, Chris 231
The developer, the builder, his contractors and their tradesmen by Lucey, Conor 239
Dreaming of a cementless future: the story of silicalcite by Mandel, Maris 249
Transferring construction technology and conflicts of interest - a century ago by Mc William, Robert C.257
Spatial unification of Romanesque churches in Zamora and its influence on the buttress system by Mendez, Francisco J. R. 263
Surviving late payments: strategies of Christopher Wren's masons from Burford by Mobus, Melody 273
Concrete Platforms in the North Sea - a golden era for development of advanced concrete structures by Moksnes, Jan 281
Timber hyperbolic lattice structures: Shukhov revisited by Nozhova, Ekaterina 289
Old Ennisnag Bridge by O'Dwyer, D. & R. Cox 301
John Rennie' s Dublin cast-iron trusses by O'Dwyer, D., J, Cummins & R. Cox 313
Timber supply in colonial China, 1840-1940 by Pan, Y. & J.W.P. Campbell 323
Stretched templates in Gothic tas-de-charge construction by Perez-de-los-Rios, C.& E. Rabasa-Diaz 333
Robert Willis' contribution to understanding the Gothic Flamboyant style by Pliego de Andres, E. & A.S. Alvarez 343
Dante Bini's air structures (1964-1979). From early Italian prototypes to the Australian experience by Pugnale, A. & A.Bologna 355
Lean principles in the design and construction of the Empire State Building by Robson, K.F. & S. Ghosh 367
Acoustic Design in the 1930s: Robinson and Keefe's Church of Corpus Christi, Dublin by Smyth, Fiona 377
New technologies for a new society: German museum architecture after 1945 by Stoppioni, Benedetta 391
Stone barrel vaulting in late medieval churches in Scotland by Theodossopoulos, Dimitris 403
An alpine hydroelectric construction site. Works for the utilisation of hydraulic resources in Alta Valtellina 1907-1930 by Toso, Francesco C. 413
The emergence of a new generation of building products in post-war Belgium. The case of lightweight concrete by Van de Voorde, S., I., Bertels & I. Wouters 423
Recording the 'building world': how oral history transforms construction history by Wall, Christine 435
»Ich traue der reinen Rechnung nicht, wenn diese nicht am Modell iiberpriift werden kann (I cannot trust the pure calculation, if this cannot be verified with a model)« Frei Otto and model testing by Weber, Christinane 445
The vault with curvilinear ribs in the "Hall of Arms" in the Albrechtsburg Meissen: studies on the concept, design and construction of a
complex late Gothic rib vault by Wendland, D., M.A., Alonso & A. Kobe 459
Production and assembly marks in wrought iron structures by Wouters, I. & I. Bertels 469
The construction and structure of medieval gates by Yeomans, D. & H. Harrison 475