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Construction : craft to industry / Gyula Sebestyen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sebestyén, Gyula, 1921- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Building--History.
- Building.
- Construction industry--History.
- Construction industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides a unique and comprehensive survey of changes and trends in the construction industry focusing on the post-war years and emphasizing their contemporary and future relevance.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; The past up to 1945; Initiatives and trends after 1945; The evolution of knowledge; Climate and energy: technical services of buildings; The changing technology; Buildings and structures; Management and information; Some spatial and social aspects; A global survey: the future; Appendix: chronology of inventions, innovations and innovative buildings from the end of the eighteenth century; Name Index; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-81796-0
- 1-138-46074-5
- 1-280-03201-4
- 9780203223721
- 1-135-81797-9
- 0-203-22372-1
- 9786610032013
- 9780203223727
- OCLC:
- 560131399
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