PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. PREFACE xiii
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
6. CHAPTER 1. A NEW TRADITION: ART IN ENGINEERING 1
7. PART I. The Age of Iron
8. CHAPTER 2. THOMAS TELFORD AND THE NEW ART FORM 27
9. CHAPTER 3. BRUNEL, STEPHENSON, AND RAILWAY FORMS 45
10. CHAPTER 4. GUSTAVE EIFFEL AND THE CRESCENT BRIDGE 60
11. CHAPTER 5. JOHN ROEBLING AND THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE 72
12. CHAPTER 6. THE BRIDGE AND THE TOWER 84
13. PART II. The New Age of Steel and Concrete
14. CHAPTER 7. JENNEY, ROOT, AND THE FIRST CHICAGO SCHOOL 99
15. CHAPTER 8. BIG STEEL BRIDGES FROM EADS TO AMMANN 112
16. CHAPTER 9. ROBERT MAILLART AND NEW FORMS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE 147
17. CHAPTER 10. ROOF VAULTS AND NATIONAL STYLES 171
18. CHAPTER 11. THE DIRECTING IDEA OF EUGENE FREYSSINET 194
19. CHAPTER 12. DISCIPLINE AND PLAY: NEW VAULTS IN CONCRETE 213
20. CHAPTER 13. NEW TOWERS, NEW BRIDGES 233
21. EPILOGUE: THE IDEA OF STRUCTURE AS ART 266
22. NOTES 277
23. INDEX 295