Name/Title
American Building Art: The Twentieth CenturyEntry/Object ID
2015.014.2Description
Describes the basic structural types and primary structural materials used in buildings dating from 1900 to the 1950s.
Contents: Steel frames (skyscraper framing - welded, rigid, and arch framing - new structural forms and materials) -- Structural complex: the metropolitan railway terminal (Stations with separate trainsheds / The New York stations) -- Steel truss and girder bridges (Simple and continuous trusses and girders / Cantilever trusses) -- Steel arch bridges -- Suspension bridges -- Concrete building and construction (Column-and-beam and rib framing / Slab construction / Shells and prestressed forms) -- Concrete bridges (Arch bridges / girder, slab, and rigid-frame bridges) -- Concrete dams and waterway control (Early systems of waterway control for power and navigation / The forms of dams / The Bureau's reclamation / The Tennessee Valley Authority) -- The metropolitan parkway -- An architectural appraisal.
427 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2015.014Source or Donor
McGee, JosephAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Mr. Joseph McGeeLexicon
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Structural framesSearch Terms
Civil engineering--United States, Building--United StatesBook Details
Author
Condit, Carl W.Publisher
Oxford University PressDate Published
1961Call No.
TA23 .C57 1961LCCN
61008369Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By Carl W. Condit.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-405) and index.Created By
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April 30, 2015Updated By
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February 16, 2023