The Pre-Fabrication of Building Facades

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Abrantes, Vitor (Editor), Rangel, Bárbara (Editor), Amorim Faria, José Manuel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2017.
• Series: Building Research: Design, Construction and Technologies,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Construction.; Civil engineering.; Structural materials.; Civil Engineering.; Structural Materials.; Basics of Construction.

This book compares two buildings with different technologies and distinct environment from the combined viewpoints of civil engineering and architecture. The first is the most recent building of Columbia University in New York, the Northwest Science Building, a project designed by Rafael Moneo and D...