Bücher veröffentlicht von Construction History Society

Timber and Construction contains 40 papers on timber and its use in the history of construction and a series of papers on other aspects of construction history delivered to the ninth annual conference of the Construction History Society from 1-3 April 2022.

This volume is the fourth in the series. Each contains the papers presented at the annual conferences of the Construction History Society. This volume contains papers on the history and development of concrete construction, on the education of architects, on the development of scaffolding and roof construction and much more.

This book is the third in the series of volumes which provide the papers of the conferences held at Queens' College, Cambridge by the Construction History Society. Papers cover different aspects of the history of construction, including studies of different building materials, building firms, the development and education of building professionals, the construction of buildings and infrastructure, methods and techniques of construction, and other subjects related to the history and development of buildings.

This volume collects together the papers delivered at the first annual conference of the Construction History Society, held in Queens' College, Cambridge in 2014. Papers cover a wide range of topics all on the common theme of the history of construction, from the ancient world to the present day.

This volume collects together papers delivered at the Second Annual Conference of the Construction History Society, held in Queens' College, Cambridge in March 2015. The papers cover a wide variety of topics in the field of construction history, include steel and concrete design, curtain walling, prefabrication, nails, wallpaper, vaulting and domes.