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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Introduction: History of Construction Cultures -- Committees -- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -- SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE -- LOCAL COMMITTEE -- Organizing institutions -- Open session: Cultural translation of construction cultures -- On the construction of Byzantine vaulted systems through the eyes of the 19th century French rationalists -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 BYZANTIUM RECONSIDERED BY WESTERN EUROPE -- 3 THE RATIONAL STUDY OF COUPOLE AND PENDENTIFS -- 4 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Style and stone - Stonemasonry in Switzerland between the Gothic and Renaissance -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE GOTHIC FRANCISCAN CHURCHI N LUCERNE -- 3 LUX RITTER'S PALACE IN LUCERNE -- 4 THE TOWN HALL OF LUCERNE -- 5 SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE IN SOLOTHURN -- 6 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Stability and construction of the 16th century Mexican rubble masonry vaults in Jiutepec Morelos -- 1 INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH SCOPE -- 2 THE CONVENT OF SANTIAGO APOSTOL: GEOMETRY AND STABILITY -- 3 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The construction of the vaults in the cathedrals of the Viceroyalty of Peru -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- 3 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VAULTS -- 4 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Conception, materiality and development of coffered vaults in the churches of Goa -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 BACKGROUND -- 3 THE FORMATION OF THE TYPOLOGY -- 4 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST COFFERED VAULTS IN GOA -- 5 THE EVOLUTION OF THE TYPOLOGY -- 6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The domes in piperno stone of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Naples -- 1 OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH -- 2 INVESTIGATIONS -- 3 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Local interpretations of classical models: The architecture of San Antonio mission churches, Texas -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 EUROPEAN DESIGN INFLUENCE -- 3 REINTERPRETING RELIGIOUS MODELS.
4 MEANING OF THE DECORATION -- 5 LOCAL CONSTRUCTION PRACTISES -- 6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The transfer of thin wood vaulting from France to America -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 ORIGINS -- 3 TRANSFER -- 4 PROLIFERATION -- 5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Tradition and invention in domestic construction in the Caribbean region: The case of Southern Puerto Rico -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 PEASANT AND TOWN HOUSES IN THE EARLY PERIOD -- 3 THE EVOLVED CASA CRIOLLA -- 4 THE CASITA -- 5 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Translating the "Chinese roof": Construction culture hybridization in West China Union University -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 FRED ROWNTREE AND THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY -- 3 TRANSLATION: WESTERN ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY VS. THE "CHINESE ROOF -- 4 CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Creating an American Methodist college in China: A building history of Soochow University, 1900-1937 -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 AMERICAN INFLUENCE -- 3 "NEW" LOCAL TRADITION -- 4 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Imposing and provocative": The design, style, construction and significance of Saint Anthony's Cathedral, Xinjiang (Shanxi, China), 1936-40 -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 HISTORICAL CONTEXT: MISSION AND WARS IN SOUTH SHANXI -- 3 SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY -- 4 DESIGN AND STYLE OF THE CATHEDRAL -- 5 CONSTRUCTION OF THE CATHEDRAL -- 6 CHINESE ROOF, WESTERN TRUSSES AND INGENIOUS BUTTRESSING SYSTEM -- 7 MODELS AND SIGNIFICANCE -- 8 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 1950s housing in Milan: Façade design and building culture -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, MANUFACTURERS AND TECHNICAL REVIEWS: THE ACTORS IN THE MILANESE EVERYDAY LABORATORY -- 3 FAÇADE DESIGN AND BUILDING CULTURE -- 4 CLADDINGS: LITOCERAMICA, MOSAICS, MARBLE -- 5 WINDOWS, BOW-WINDOWS AND LOGGIAS -- 6 ANGELO MANGIAROTTI AND THE PREFABRICATED FAÇADE -- 7 CONCLUSIONS.
REFERENCES -- Technological development in the construction of Kasumigaseki Building: Japan's first super high-rise -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 OUTLINE OF THE KASUMIGASEKI BUILDING -- 3 CHARACTERISTICS OF CONSTRUCTION -- 4 DISCUSSION -- 5 CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The skyscrapers of Milan: From experiments to recent constructive challenges -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 STEEL FRAME VERSUS REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES -- 3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STRUCTURES OF SKYSCRAPERS IN MILAN -- 4 FROM THE SIXTIES TO THE NEW 'VERTICAL FEVER' -- 5 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Thematic session: Form with no formwork (vault construction with reduced formwork) -- Brick vaulting without centering in the Mediterranean from Antiquity to the Middle Ages -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 A LATE BRONZE AGE BRICK VAULT IN CYPRUS -- 3 EARLY BRICK VAULTING IN HELLENISTIC TIMES -- 4 LIME- AND GYPSUM-MORTARED BRICK VAULTS IN ANTIQUITY -- 5 GYPSUM MORTAR AND TILE VAULTING. THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ALMORAVID BUILDERS -- 6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Geographic and chronological extent of brick vaults by slices -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 ORIGIN OF THE TECHNIQUE. FRAMEWORK SAVING -- 3 LATE ANTIQUITY TO MIDDLE AGES DEVELOPMENT: BYZANTIUM -- 4 OCCURRENCE IN THE MEDIEVAL IBERIAN PENINSULA -- 5 RELATED CASES IN LATE MEDIEVAL EUROPE -- 6 A PARTICULAR EARLY MODERN PERIOD OUTCOME. OCCURRENCE IN THE NEW WORLD -- 7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- On the origin of certain vaults without formwork: Iranian timbrel vaults -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE VAULTS OF THE MASJID I-JAMI OF ISFAHAN -- 3 YAZD VAULTS -- 4 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Types and uses of vaults and timbrel vaults in Interior Alentejo: Data for a typological study -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 DEFINITIONS AND TIMEFRAME -- 3 RESULTS -- 4 DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES.
Forging the link among shape, formwork, and mortar assemblies in Guastavino vaulting -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 NO TWO ARE ALIKE -- 3 VAULT FORM -- 4 CASE STUDIES -- 5 DISCUSSION -- 6 CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Thematic session: Understanding the culture of building expertise in situations of uncertainty (Middle Age-Modern times) -- A building expert without building training: The city of Lisbon vedor of works (14th-19th centuries) -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE DUTIES -- 3 THE MEN -- 4 CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Maintaining/repairing Paris through expertise (1690-1790) -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE TECHNICAL DIMENSION -- 3 THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF REPAIRS -- 4 THE LEGAL REGULATION OF REPAIRS -- REFERENCES -- To repair, renovate, or replace: A maintenance history of Virginia's state buildings -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 METHODOLOGY -- 3 TO REPLACE -- 4 TO REPAIR -- 5 TO RENOVATE -- 6 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Conflicts in the Brussels construction sector (1957-59): Judicial expertise of architects, engineers and contractors -- 1 STUDYING CONFLICTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR -- 2 CONSTRUCTION CONFLICTS: CATEGORIES, REASONS AND ACTORS -- 3 BACKGROUND OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS -- 4 EXPERT PROCEDURE: BUILDING AND TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE -- 5 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Thematic session: Historical timber constructions between regional tradition and supra-regional influences -- Timber floors made with elements shorter than the span covered in treatises and technical literature -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 FIRST REFERENCES TO FLOORS MADE WITH BEAMS SHORTER THAN THE SPAN TO BE COVERED -- 3 "IL PRIMO LIBRO DI ARCHITETTURA" BY SEBASTIANO SERLIO -- 4 INTEREST IN THE SERLIO FLOOR BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES -- 5 APPLICATIONS OF SHORT BEAM FLOORS BETWEEN THE END OF THE 18TH AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURIES.
6 FLOORS WITH SHORT BEAMS OUTSIDE FRANCE IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES -- 7 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Historic bell frames - regional traditions and transregional influence -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 TYPICAL DESIGNS -- 3 REGIONAL TRADITIONS -- 4 TRANSREGIONAL INFLUENCE -- 5 CONCLUSION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Large span timber roofs in Italy between the 16th and 19th centuries -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE ITALIAN TRUSS -- 3 LONG SPAN TRUSSES IN ITALY -- 4 THE ROOFS IN BOLOGNA -- 5 FROM THE 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURIES -- 6 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Design-Fabricate-Assemble-Marvel - 18th and early 19th century bridge models in the construction process -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 EARLIEST MODELS -- 3 THE OLDEST EXISTING MODELS -- 4 MODELS AROUND 1750 AND LATER -- 5 BISHOP HERVEY'S COMPETITION -- 6 EARLY NORTH AMERICAN MODELS -- 7 CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Late 18th-century innovation: The first Mediterranean purlin roof truss in German-speaking Switzerland at Embrach ZH -- 1 THE ARCHITECT DAVID VOGEL -- 2 THE REFORMED CHURCH AT EMBRACH -- 3 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Philibert De l'Orme roof constructions in Leiden and The Netherlands, innovation versus tradition between 1800 and 1900 -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 INTRODUCTION OF THE PHILIBERT TRUSS -- 3 TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE -- 4 THE SHAPE OF PHILIBERT TRUSSES -- 5 CONSTRUCTION AND JOINTS -- 6 DECLINE -- 7 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Timber roof structures of 19th-century military riding halls in Switzerland -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 TWIN RIDING HALL IN FRAUENFELD -- 3 RIDING HALL IN SOLOTHURN -- 4 RIDING HALL IN THUN -- 5 CONTEXT -- 6 CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Thematic session: Historicizing material properties: Between technological and cultural history -- Comparative analysis of bricks manufactured in the NewWorld (1494-1544) -- 1 INTRODUCTION.
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Down to Earth : Foundations Past and Present: the Invisible Art of the Builder / Jean Kerisel
