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Andrew Orton
The Way We Build Now [EPUB ebook]
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This book examines the structural and construction design of buildings. The first part presents an overview of materials and structural forms taking the point of view of the designer, architect and engineer. The second part is an extensive examination of over 70 case studies. They have been carefully selected and tightly structured to present a summary of established modern methods of building construction. It contains copious ready-reference charts of design information, numerous...

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Format EPUB ● Pages 544 ● ISBN 9781136737169 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5301160 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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