Cast Iron Architecture In America: The Signifiance Of James BogardusW. W. Norton & Company, 06.01.1998 - 272 Seiten The first book on the life and work of the pioneer of American cast-iron architecture. Nineteenth-century American inventor and entrepreneur James Bogardus was known for his unique grinding mill and other patented devices, but his enduring claim to fame is his cast-iron structures, forerunners of the modern skyscraper. A passionate advocate for iron's strength, economy, suitability for ornamentation, and fire resistance, he invented several new methods of construction; his buildings rose from New York to San Francisco and Havana. Modern interest in Bogardus stems from the historic preservation movement; his four surviving buildings, in New York, are recognized landmarks. |
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TWO JAMES BOGARDUS MECHANICINVENTOR 18001846 | 38 |
THREE INVENTING CASTIRON ARCHITECTURE 18471850 | 70 |
FOUR BUILDER IN CAST IRON 18501851 | 95 |
FIVE THE ERA OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE 18521853 | 114 |
SIX THE HARPER BUILDINGS | 136 |
NINE MAN OF PROGRESS 18591862 | 195 |
TEN THE FINAL DECADE | 213 |
ཨནཱཎཱསི སཱརནཱཎཱ | 220 |
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