Super Gran Superstar (Puffin Books)

Forrest Wilson

Literature & Fiction

Puffin Books

Super Gran Abroad

Puffin Penguin Books

Architecture: A Book of Projects for Young Adults

Van Nost. Reinhold

This comprehensive guide to preliminary structural design-complete with a "shopping list" of standard solutions-uses a minimum of mathematics and numerous illustrations to clearly describe structural forms and explain their mechanics. Full consideration is given to the internal and external forces that a building must withstand and the conditions necessary to ensure that the building does not collapse or deform excessively under their action. Materials used in building structures, problems posed by span and height and how they are solved by the action of individual structural members and assemblies, as well as the interaction of structural and environmental design are described. Concrete and steel domes are defined. Survey chapters cover both superstructures and foundations of rectangular frames. Traditional methods such as load-bearing walls, masonry arches, and masonry domes are also examined. Sample practical problems at the end of each chapter help you acquire skill in determining the approximate size of the principal structural members. These "real-life" practice aids help you ensure that a proposed structural system is realistic and reasonably economical. Solutions are given both in metric units (Roman type) and American units (italic type) for quick evaluation of the data. However, the text can be readjust for the principles without working through the problems, if desired. A strong emphasis on graphic presentation and a lack of reliance on numerical calculation make Structural Systems an easy-to-follow guide for engineering and architectural students. It will also be welcomed by structural engineers, architects, and other professionals who need an instant-access reference to structural design.

Structural systems

Henry J. Cowan

Van Nostrand-Reinhold Co.

Structure: The Essence of Architecture (Expanded Edition)

Van Nostrand-Reinhold

This is a reference book. Although it might conceivably be read in the order in which the subjects appear it was designed to be consulted subject to subject as one uses a dictionary or encyclopedia. To facilitate quick identification and location of building materials, characteristics and problems they are first listed in the table of contents, repeated in the chapter headings and listed in the index. In addition to describing how building materials respond to environmental stresses in terms of their mechanical, electrical, chemical and thermal properties, brief references to their normal behavior and a comparison of various material characteristics has been included. Most of the information gathered and presented here represents the contemporary developments of ancient building lore. The increasing importance of renewal, rehabilitation, retrofit and restoration is placing added importance on material behavior. A separate and distinct field of building science is emerging as increasingly sophisticated instruments are linked to the growing ability and decreasing costs of computer analysis. This book describes one segment of a new building science-that of building diagnosis.

Building Materials Evaluation Handbook

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Springer

Graphic guide to interior design

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Super Gran

VIKING CHILDREN\\\\\'S BOOKS

Have you ever felt squashed? Squeezed? Pulled? Tugged? If so, then you know what it feels like to be a building! Here, with playful drawings and humorous text, award-winning author Forrest Wilson uses human figures (plus some dogs and rams) to show that architecture and people have more in common than you might have believed. This book will delight everyone who is fascinated with the buildings around us.

What It Feels Like to Be a Building (Landmark Reprint Series)

Preservation Pr

Examines the different ways of building bridges and discusses the natural forces affecting their structure and appearance.

Bridges Go from Here to There

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