This volume covers the second great period of developments in iron construction from 1850, following its establishment as a structural material described in vol

This book deals with the period when iron became the dominant ’high-technology’ material, increasingly taking over from timber and masonry. It was necessary

This book is the second in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials, and struct

The successful preservation of an historic building, complex or city depends on the continued use and daily care that come with it. The possibility of continued

This book traces the evolution of theory of structures and strength of materials - the development of the geometrical thinking of the Renaissance to become the