Early Structural Steel in London Buildings: A discreet revolution
Autor Jonathan Clarkeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 feb 2014
At its heart, this book is an examination of how a new structural material – mass-produced steel – came to be first applied to the buildings of one of the world’s great cities. The focus is evolution and change in London’s buildings and architecture in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period; its emphasis is unashamedly constructional. A great deal has been written about the shape, style and ornament of metropolitan buildings of the period, but comparatively little on their structural anatomy and physiology. The first part examines the technological developments and economic forces that brought structural steel into being. Central to this was the invention of the Bessemer and Siemens-Martin processes which revolutionised steelmaking and enabled the mass production of a metal which outmatched both cast and wrought iron. Steel became the pillar of a new phase of industrialisation and urbanisation throughout the world, and London, where Henry Bessemer had conducted his initial steelmaking experiments, was one of the first cities to make use of it.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781848021037
ISBN-10: 1848021038
Pagini: 408
Ilustrații: illustrated in color throughout
Dimensiuni: 219 x 276 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.91 kg
Editura: Historic England Publishing
Colecția Historic England Publishing
ISBN-10: 1848021038
Pagini: 408
Ilustrații: illustrated in color throughout
Dimensiuni: 219 x 276 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.91 kg
Editura: Historic England Publishing
Colecția Historic England Publishing