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17%OFFRoberto Gargiani - Concrete, From Archeology to Invention, 1700–1769: The Renaissance of Pozzolana and Roman Construction Techniques - 9780415833462 - V9780415833462
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Concrete, From Archeology to Invention, 1700–1769: The Renaissance of Pozzolana and Roman Construction Techniques

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Description for Concrete, From Archeology to Invention, 1700–1769: The Renaissance of Pozzolana and Roman Construction Techniques Hardback. Num Pages: 404 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMC; AMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1146.

The reemergence in the early eighteenth century of the technology and use of concrete provide the starting point for this first volume of the Treatise on Concrete. In this book are described and analyzed, for the first time, the various contributions that led to the rediscovery of concrete made by the specialists of the period, from chemists to volcanologists; from engineers to architects and construction workers; from inventors to archaeologists and even men of letters.

The book traces the various criteria for concrete production using local materials, from hydraulic lime to pozzolana and trass, as well as how the ... Read more

Thus emerges the first entry of a new history of concrete, one that will provide the essential principles needed to understand how the manufacturing methods discovered between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century emerged and led to the production of this mythical material. This new history of concrete is clearly of present-day interest, specifically in the context of recent research which aims to encourage concrete production using local materials, including volcanic constituents such as pozzolana – exactly as it was fabricated during the eighteenth century.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415833462
SKU
V9780415833462
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-12

About Roberto Gargiani
Roberto Gargiani obtained his degree at the University of Architecture in Florence in 1983 and completed his Ph.D. on the history of architecture and urbanism in 1992. He has taught the history of architecture in Florence, Rouen, Paris, Venice and Rome. He is now Professor of history of architecture and construction at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

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