A construction material that once was innovative and modern and then fell somewhat into disrepute through some of the quite radical post-war architecture, concr

By using the Working Stress Design system described in the text combined with other information in this book, a builder with a good knowledge of basic arithmeti

Glass offers a wide variety of possible applications for the realization of even the most ambitious designs in architecture, and in the past two decades it has

The most critical state of a structure's lifetime is during construction; many more disasters occur during construction than after projects have been completed.