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ISBN: 9781330498903
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Excerpt from Buildings for Industry More industrial buildings, by more architects, and in more places - this triad quickly summarizes what has been happening in industrial architecture. Since the last compilation of material from the pages of architectural record was published in 1951 under the title Industrial Buildings, the world of industry has not only grown in size and importance; it has also expanded into new fields and to more and new locations. The two developments are related, of course; as business increases, industry develops new products and new markets, and so extends functionally and geographically as well as statistically. Inevitably, more architects have become involved in producing the necessary buildings. It follows that this book offers a great diversity of types of buildings under the general heading of industrial. Adding to this diversity is the fact that architecture is at last penetrating into some businesses - like lumber yards or steel fabricating plants - which, though long on the scene, are virtually new clients for architects. Warehouses are another old type of business that is currently giving architects new problems. We have had warehouses, of course, since the beginning of trade, but it is only in recent years that scientific methods have been developed to cut handling costs and make full use of modern materials-handling equipment. Truck-docking and terminal facilities have also emerged from back-alley construction and, with the aid of engineering consultation on trucking methods, have become true contemporary architecture, functionally planned and scientifically designed. All of these developments have produced a sweepingly new set of requirements for warehouses and have revolutionized their design. Unlike its predecessor, this book has a separate section for such buildings. Not all the emphasis in this book is on the novel. 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.
