The Works
The Industrial Architecture of the United States
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 18 February 1999
- ISBN 9780195090000
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages368 pages
- Size 250x200x27 mm
- Weight 848 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 40 halftones, 97 line drawings 0
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Short description:
The factories of American cities are examples of functional beauty constructed from an attempt to adapt a means to an end. The Works is a generously illustrated and exhaustive study of the different types of industrial buildings over one hundred years. It explains the rationale of the design of factory buildings and "the works" complexes, the changes in building materials in relation to functional needs, and the aesthetics of industrial architecture.
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The factories of American cities are examples of functional beauty constructed from an attempt to adapt a means to an end. The Works is a generously illustrated and exhaustive study of the different types of industrial buildings over one hundred years. It explains the rationale of the design of factory buildings and "the works" complexes, the changes in building materials in relation to functional needs, and the aesthetics of industrial architecture.
The Works may have the most impact on preservationists and other investigators for whom multicausal explanations of architectural change still represent a relatively innovative approach.
Table of Contents:
Preface; The Notion of Works; Architectural Components of the Works; Layouts of the Works; Powered for Profit; Engineering Considerations; Strength, Span and the Resistance to Fire; Materials for Construction; Factory Walls; Factory Roofs; A Meeting of Aesthetic Traditions; Factories as Architecture; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
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