Architecture in steel - The Australian Context
by Alan Ogg
The Royal Australian Institute of Architects

Contents:
Chronology tables: Buildings and technological events in Australia paralleled with those world-wide 1770-1986

Brief history: Outlining the significant architectural developments of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: materials, ideas, technology, building type, styles and movements

Design in steel: Presenting the ideological, technological and methodological ideas surrounding the use of steel in architecture: notions related to overall composition, materials, methods of framing, fabrication and service integration.

World case studies: Presenting 26 world significant buildings, 1796-1982; conceptual ideas, historical significance, overall framing system, connection details, relationship of cladding to frame, cladding details.

Australian case studies: Presenting 38 cases studies of Australian buildings, 1853-1986: conceptual ideas, overall framing system, connection details, relationship of cladding to frame, cladding details.

A guide to Australian buildings: A survey of Australian buildings, 1890-1986, listed chronologically and by capital city, with map guides and references to further study.

Large soft back, 255pages, reprint 1989, good condition, name on fep