Early Structural Steel in London's Buildings. A discrete revolution
Details:
- Author(s) Clarke, Jonathan
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 393pp; illus
- Publisher English Heritage
- Place Published Swindon
Topics:
- Name Buildings: structural issues
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Primarily about use of steel in London buildings from late 19th century and especially the related architectural and technical issues but sheds much light on 1] commercial and industrial buildings and the business functions of their occupants such as hotels, banks, department stores, general industrial buildings, etc; and 2] indirectly on the construction and structural engineering industries and such firms as Dorman Long & Co Ltd, Redpath Brown & Co Ltd, Edward Wood & Co Ltd, Trollope & Colls Ltd, Joseph Westwood & Co, James Stewart & Co, etc. Organised in two parts, viz: 1] Technological preconditions and other contexts; 2] Steel in London buildings and iron precedents. Chapters include: 'Clubs and hotels, opulence, proportion and planning'; 'Banks and offices'; 'Stores, houses, churches, pools, fire stations and tube stations'; 'Industrial buildings'