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- Title
A Modern Movement in engineering: Structural developments in architectural history.
- Authors
Burkhardt, Berthold
- Abstract
The development of concrete as a modern building material already began in the middle of the 18th Century, to respond to the needs for new building types, large span construction and mass production. A major impetus to the development of concrete technology was the acknowledgement of the technical and economical lifespan of buildings as factors of importance to the building industry. It was not until this century that the tectonic potential of reinforced concrete started to be recognized by architects and engineers. The poor comprehension of creative concrete design however still exists. It is vital to explore the connection between the development of modern architecture and the history of concrete construction, to arrive at a better understanding of the use and future development of concrete technology in modern architecture.
- Subjects
CONCRETE art (Art movement); MODERN movement (Architecture); CONSTRUCTION materials; CONCRETE construction; ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION industry
- Publication
Docomomo Journal, 1997, p24
- ISSN
1380-3204
- Publication type
Article