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Author: Institution of Structural Engineers
Number of Pages: 144 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781331950516
File Name: the.concrete.institute.an.institution.of.structural.engineers,.architects,.etd.(classic.reprint).pdf
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Excerpt from The Concrete Institute: An Institution of Structural Engineers, Architects, Etd Another element of my prejudice is due to the recollection that greed is gratified by the use of concrete construction. That is to say, the shopkeeper who is out to make money wants to seize every inch of space. He thinks the display of his wares is better for him the more vast it is. Beauty has no charm for him and quantity is of more value than quality. The shopkeeper little realises how the mind and memory art debauched by vast crowds of articles jostling each other for attention. When a myriad of objects all shout at once, "Look at me!" we can carry away no lasting memory of anything but chaos. Concrete construction has helped in this direction. Meanness and greed I say are its parents. What can be expected from such an ancestry? Besides the great difficulty experienced in making alterations to buildings so constructed, we find the greatly enhanced sound-conducting quality often very troublesome. And lastly, the imitative instinct in man has found abundant scope for its expression when making use of this form of construction. Buildings are made to look like stone or brick, and even at times like half-timber work. Deception gains eloquent expression in this material. We usually find, when any new inventions first appear (like the railway train or the motor), they are made in the form of that which they are destined to replace. The evolution of things is quite evident to us all, so we may look forward with confidence to the time when concrete construction will have a character of its own and will cease to be made to look like anything that it is not. We shall all agree, that the finest examples of building throughout the wide world have been the result of the consideration and understanding of the requirements and conditions obtaining at the time of their creation, and of the moral, intellectual and spiritual character of the people of their time and place. When these considerations have been neglected, and partial knowledge of foreign examples has fascinated us, then our architecture has become corrupted and exotic. Therefore it follows, as the best work grows out of requirements and conditions, it is from requirements and conditions that the character of concrete construction must be evolved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The Concrete Institute : An Institution of Structural Engineers, Architects, Etd (Classic Reprint) by Institution of Structural Engineers
Author: Institution of Structural Engineers
Number of Pages: 144 pages
Published Date: 27 Sep 2015
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781331950516
File Name: the.concrete.institute.an.institution.of.structural.engineers,.architects,.etd.(classic.reprint).pdf
Download Link: the concrete institute an institution of structural engineers, architects, etd (classic reprint)
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Excerpt from The Concrete Institute: An Institution of Structural Engineers, Architects, Etd Another element of my prejudice is due to the recollection that greed is gratified by the use of concrete construction. That is to say, the shopkeeper who is out to make money wants to seize every inch of space. He thinks the display of his wares is better for him the more vast it is. Beauty has no charm for him and quantity is of more value than quality. The shopkeeper little realises how the mind and memory art debauched by vast crowds of articles jostling each other for attention. When a myriad of objects all shout at once, "Look at me!" we can carry away no lasting memory of anything but chaos. Concrete construction has helped in this direction. Meanness and greed I say are its parents. What can be expected from such an ancestry? Besides the great difficulty experienced in making alterations to buildings so constructed, we find the greatly enhanced sound-conducting quality often very troublesome. And lastly, the imitative instinct in man has found abundant scope for its expression when making use of this form of construction. Buildings are made to look like stone or brick, and even at times like half-timber work. Deception gains eloquent expression in this material. We usually find, when any new inventions first appear (like the railway train or the motor), they are made in the form of that which they are destined to replace. The evolution of things is quite evident to us all, so we may look forward with confidence to the time when concrete construction will have a character of its own and will cease to be made to look like anything that it is not. We shall all agree, that the finest examples of building throughout the wide world have been the result of the consideration and understanding of the requirements and conditions obtaining at the time of their creation, and of the moral, intellectual and spiritual character of the people of their time and place. When these considerations have been neglected, and partial knowledge of foreign examples has fascinated us, then our architecture has become corrupted and exotic. Therefore it follows, as the best work grows out of requirements and conditions, it is from requirements and conditions that the character of concrete construction must be evolved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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