Hand Book of the Builders' Exchange of San Francisco, Cal., 1895-6

Hand Book of the Builders' Exchange of San Francisco, Cal., 1895-6

Author: Builders Exchange of San Francisco

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2018-02-07

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781376921441

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On the Edge of the World

On the Edge of the World

Author: Richard W. Longstreth

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1998-05-18

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780520214156

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Richard Longstreth provides a detailed picture of the early careers of four architects—Bernard Maybeck, Willis Polk, Ernest Coxhead, and A.C. Schweinfurth—who had a decisive impact on the course of design in the San Francisco Bay Area and who stand as significant contributors to American architecture.


Historical Building Construction: Design, Materials, and Technology (Second Edition)

Historical Building Construction: Design, Materials, and Technology (Second Edition)

Author: Donald Friedman

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0393732681

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Winner of the Association for Preservation Technology (APT) 2012 Lee Nelson Book Award, this book is an updated edition of the classic text detailing the ins and outs of old building construction. A comprehensive guide to the physical construction of buildings from the 1840s to the present, this study covers the history of concrete- , steel- , and skeleton-frame buildings, provides case histories that apply the information to a wide range of actual projects, and supplies technical data essential to professionals who work with historic structures.