Building knowledge, constructing histories. proceedings of the 6th international congress on construction history (6ICCH 2018), July 9-13, 2018, Brussels, Belgium / Volume 2 :

Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories brings together the papers presented at the Sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH, Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018) The contributions present the latest research in the field of construction history, covering themes such as:- Buildin...

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Corporate Author:	Taylor and Francis
Other Authors:	Wouters, Ine (Editor), Voorde, Stephanie Van de (Editor), Bertels, Inge (Editor), Espion, Bernard (Editor), Jonge, Krista de (Editor), Zastavni, Denis (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2018.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Building > Congresses. Buildings > Congresses. Civil engineering > History > Congresses.
Online Access:	Full text (WIT users only)

Table of Contents:

chapter Pier Luigi Nervi and Fiat. The expansion of Officine Mirafiori in Turin
chapter The vaulted roof of San Vittore in Milan: An unusual sixteenth-century construction
chapter The evolution of the cast node of the Pompidou Centre: From the ‘friction collar’ to the ‘gerberette’
chapter German stonemasons and the fort architecture of the Texas frontier
chapter The Chinese teahouse at the 1873 Vienna world exposition
chapter Documenting depression-era construction: The University of Virginia’s PWA buildings
chapter King’s College Chapel: The geometry of the fan vault
chapter Late Antique vaults in the cisterns of Resafa with ‘bricks set in squares’
chapter Evolutionary traces in European nail-making tools
chapter Arch bridge design in eighteenth-century France: The rule of Perronet
chapter ‘Recommended minimum requirements for small dwelling construction’. A forgotten ancestor of the modern USA building code
chapter Earthen buildings in Ireland
chapter Iron on top. The use of wrought iron armatures in the construction of late Gothic openwork spires
chapter The Munich state opera house. Constructing between tradition and progress at the beginning of the nineteenth century
chapter The roof of the Marble Palace in Saint-Petersburg: A structural iron ensemble from the 1770s
chapter Modernity and locality in the use of brick in Spanish architecture (1870s–1930s)
chapter Study of traditional gypsum in Spain: Methodology and initial results
chapter Interdisciplinary research on the heritage of housing complexes in France (1945–75)
chapter Earthen mortar walls in Cremona: The complexity and logic behind a construction technique
chapter Geometry and proportions of the medieval castles of Latvia
chapter New typology for Old and Middle Kingdom stone tools: Studies in the Hatnub quarries in Egypt
chapter Luigi Moretti and the program of the case albergo in Milan (1947–50)
chapter Hydrotechnical models of the ‘Modellkammer’ (chamber of models) in Augsburg, Germany
chapter Abandonment of sexpartite vaults: Construction difficulties and evolution
chapter Late Gothic constructions in Müstair and Meran
chapter Built-in, exposed or concealed comfort services. Attempts to industrialise collective housing after 1945
chapter The Portland cement industry and reinforced concrete in Portugal (1860–1945)
chapter Origins of the modern cable-stayed bridge: The Dischinger story
chapter Frederick Lanchester and the invention of the air-supported roof
chapter Catetinho: The first presidential house in Brasília, Brazil
chapter Some aspects of steel building construction of the industrial architecture in the United States (1890–1930)
chapter Iron bridges for Rome, the capital of the Kingdom of Italy
chapter The hyperbolic paraboloids of the Tor di Valle racetrack in Rome
chapter The secret of zoomorphic imposts: A new reading of the Achaemenids’ roofing system
chapter The dome of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis in Paris, a historical and structural analysis
chapter Braided rope with vegetable fibers for the construction of the Inca bridge of Q’eswachaka (Peru)
chapter Church of Mission San José, San Antonio: Using construction history to inform preservation approaches
chapter Knowledge transfer in vaulting. The Assier church and Valencian stonecutting
chapter 19 th-century stone protection: The invention and early research on fluosilicates and their dispersion into Europe
chapter The Boyne Viaduct: Early indeterminate lattice girder analysis and design
chapter 6 teenth-century development from common rafter roofs to ridge purlins in Leiden (NL)
chapter European iron bridges in Puerto Rico: The example of the Guamaní bridge
chapter Accouplement: Vicissitudes of an architectural motif in classical France.
chapter Fabrication and erection of large steel bridges in the twentieth century: From structural analysis to optimisation of fabrication
chapter Production of major public works in Brazil: From the scenes in documentaries from 1950–70 to an interrogation about the contemporary specificities of state-company relations
chapter Early Greek stone construction and the invention of the crane
chapter Experimental school constructions by Jean Prouvé. The benefit of closed prefabrication
chapter Sheltered. Parked. Respirated. Three underground spaces by Gottfried Schindler
chapter Dutch natural stone: Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture
chapter Late Gothic system in the church of Saint-Séverin (Paris)
chapter Recent geopolitics of construction – origins and consequences
chapter Pier Luigi Nervi’s idea of “vertità delle strutture”
chapter ‘Theory’ and systematic testings – Emil Mörsch, Carl bach and the culture of experimentation into reinforced concrete construction at the turn of the twentieth century
chapter A timber bridge constructed in seventeenth-century Japan: Study of innovation in the construction of Kintai Bridge and its maintenance techniques
chapter François Coignet (1814–88) and the industrial development of the first modern concretes in France
chapter Assessing geometrically the structural safety of masonry arches
chapter A masterpiece in the use of light, Johnson Wax headquarters. Racine, Wisconsin, USA
chapter The Church of Peace in Jawor: A few remarks on the organization of its construction in the years 1654–56 in the light of written and iconographic sources
chapter Nubia vernacular: The villages of Bigge
chapter Beyond Grubenmann: Swiss carpentry (1750–1850)
chapter Transfer of knowledge through books and prints: Jesuit design for the Western buildings and fountains in the Yuanmingyuan in Beijing
chapter Earthquake-resistant foundations systems in Italy in the first decade of the twentieth century
chapter Specifications and the standardisation of Ireland’s local harbours
chapter Fire brick in China: From mining to architecture
chapter New experiences with reinforced tile for Eladio Dieste when building the Cristo Obrero Church
chapter Competing visions of community, commerce and construction in the first Ohio River railroad bridge
chapter Knowledge transfer in the early medieval art of vaulting in Dalmatia
chapter Onsite precast concrete: A critical approach to concrete at the Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkha University, Thailand
chapter Adobe constructions in Yún-lín county, Taiwan
chapter The vaulted system of the Basilica of S. Ambrogio in Milan: A cross-feature in the Basilica’s life. Restoration and interpretation
chapter At the intersection of foreign building know-how: Plovdiv in the early twentieth century
chapter The influence of Howe’s structural typology on Galician wooden bridges
chapter The mushroom column: Origins, concepts and differences
chapter The thirties summer holiday camps in the Abruzzo region: From design to building
chapter The first Luanda’s skyscraper: Comfort through natural and artificial control methods
chapter Victor Horta and building site photography
chapter Business-card buildings: Corporate architecture and promotional strategies in buildings and projects for Eternit in Belgium (1955–75)
chapter The foundations of the Nieuwe Kerk Tower in Amsterdam (1645–52)
chapter Joining techniques in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Belgian timber roofs
chapter Education on the production chain: Lelé’s transitory schools in Brazil
chapter Innovations in the structural systems in tall buildings in Bogotá in the 1960s. Case study: Bavaria building
chapter William Arrol and Peter Lind: Demolition, construction and workmanship on London’s Waterloo Bridges (1934–46)
chapter Reverse engineering marvelous machines: The design of Late Gothic vaults from concept to stone planning and the prehistory of stereotomy
chapter Emergence of heavy contracting in the United States in the nineteenth century
chapter Hidden modernity: Reinforced concrete trusses in Brussels parish churches (1935–40)
chapter Built to stock. Versatility of Hennebique’s urban warehouses in Belgium (1892–1914).

Building knowledge, constructing histories. proceedings of the 6th international congress on construction history (6ICCH 2018), July 9-13, 2018, Brussels, Belgium / Volume 2 :

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