Historical building construction
Subtitle: design, materials & technology
By: Donald Friedman.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780393732689
Subjects: Historic buildings -- Maintenance and repair; Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration; Building -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the second edition; title: Acknowledgments; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Traditional construction; title: 3. Cast-iron facades; title: 4. The emergence of the steel skeleton frame; title: 5. The fireproof building (i)6. standardization of steel framing; title: 7. Floor systems; title: 8. Reinforced concrete buildings; title: 9. Curtain wall systems; title: 10. The fireproof building (ii); title: 11. "Modern" construction; title: Appendix A. Notations used in formulas and descriptions; title: Appendix B. Building examples; title: Appendix C. Definition of terms used in building structure; title: Appendix D. Material properties; title: Appendix E. Iron, steel, and reinforced concrete column formulas; title: Appendix F. Design live loads and selected dead loads; title: Appendix G. Design data for floor systems; title: Endnotes; title: Bibliography; title: Photo credits and acknowledgments; title: Index.