Changing Cultures European Perspectives on the History of Portland Cement and Reinforced Concrete, 19th and 20th Centuries

"The construction practices we employ in our daily life in European societies today were shaped by major changes in the past, such as the introduction and dissemination of Portland cement and reinforced concrete, a development that constitutes a fundamental chapter in the history of constructio...

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Autor principal: Mascarenhas-Mateus, João (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group 2023.
2023.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009770729906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Reception of cement and reinforced concrete in Portugal before 1935 / Jo�ao Mascarenhas-Mateus
  • From patent to standard : accommodating change in Britain's use of building materials, 1824-1934 / Edwin Trout
  • The First modern concretes and the rise of new aesthetic paradigms in 19th-Century / France Gilbert Richaud
  • Institutions within a new material : early reinforced concrete in Switzerland and Germany / Mario Rinke
  • The First patents for reinforced concrete : the origins of the 20th-Century Construction Revolution in Spain / Francisco Domouso