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Analysis of Historic Structures

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2004

Topics

  • Introduction
  • Masonry Structures I
  • Masonry Structures II
  • Timber Structures I
  • Timber Structures II
  • Metal Structures I
  • Metal Structures II
  • Concrete Structures
  • Projects/Discussion
  • Projects/Discussion (cont.)
  • Final Presentations
  • Final Presentations (cont.)

Readings

  • Heyman, J. The Stone Skeleton. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN: 0521629632.
    Required
  • Zalewski, W., and E. Allen. Shaping Structures: Statics. New York: Wiley, 1998. ISBN: 0471169684.
    Required
  • Acland, J. The Gothic Vault. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972. ISBN: 0802018866.
    Listed reading
  • Feilden, B. Conservation of Historic Buildings. Boston: Butterworth, 1994. ISBN: 0750658630.
    Listed reading
  • Buy at MIT Press Fitchen, J. Building Construction Before Mechanization . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780262061025. ↗
    Listed reading
  • ———. The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961. ISBN: 0226252035.
    Listed reading
  • Freidman, D. Historical Building Construction. New York: Norton, 1995. ISBN: 0393702006.
    Listed reading
  • Levy, M., and M. Salvadori. Why Buildings Fall Down. New York: Norton, 1992. ISBN: 039331152X.
    Listed reading
  • Mark, R. Light, Wind, and Structure . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. ISBN 026263158X.
    Listed reading
  • ———. Architectural Technology up to the Scientific Revolution . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993. ISBN 0262631571.
    Listed reading
  • Mainstone, R. Developments in Structural Form. 2nd ed. Boston: Architectural Press, 2001. ISBN: 0750654511.
    Listed reading
  • Rabun, J. S. Structural Analysis of Historic Buildings. New York: Wiley, 2000. ISBN: 0471315451.
    Listed reading
Sources