Architect and Engineer: A Study in Sibling Rivalry - Rilegato

Saint, Andrew

 
9780300124439: Architect and Engineer: A Study in Sibling Rivalry
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ISBN 10: 0300124430 ISBN 13: 9780300124439
Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2008

Sinossi

<div><div><p><b>A fascinating look at how architects and engineers work together, from medieval times to the present day.</b><br><br> How architects and engineers relate to one another has long been debated but never before addressed over a broad span of history. There are many controversial issues: about professional demarcation, about credit for design, about the value we attach to art in buildings, and about how that connects with advances in technique and efficiency.</p><p>This pioneering and handsomely illustrated book enquires for the first time into the pattern of these relationships since the Renaissance. Concentrating particularly on Britain, France and the United States, <i>Architect and Engineer</i> looks at what has actually taken place when architecture and engineering have interlocked. It examines projects ranging from the building of Waterloo Bridge to the evolution of the Chicago skyscraper, and personalities from Vauban to Brunel and Wright.</p><p>The results of this impartial investigation may often surprise and provoke the reader. It is a study that has radical implications for the compartmentalized ways in which the history of architecture and construction has conventionally been addressed.</p></div></div>

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Informazioni sull?autore

<div><p>Andrew Saint is General Editor of the Survey of London and was previously professor of Architecture at Cambridge University. He is the author of <i>Richard Norman Shaw</i>, <i>The Image of the Architect,</i> and <i>Towards a Social Architecture</i>, all published by Yale University Press.</p></div>

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Editore
Yale Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0300124430
ISBN 13 
9780300124439
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
541
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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