Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Construction History
Editorial, Content
Volume 1
Addis, B., A Brief History of Design Methods for Building Acoustics.
Aktuglu, Y. K., Altin, M., Tanac, M., Karaman Yilmaz, O., Secer, M., Bozdag, O., Kahraman, I., Suleymaniye Mosque of Mimar Sinan in Turkish Architectural Construction History.
Albani, F., Transparent and Translucent Surfaces of Italian Architecture in the Thirties of XX Century.
Albrecht, L. An Insight into the Vaulting Process in the Roman Period: A One-Off Case or a Standard Construction Method?
Alonso Rodríguez., M. A., López Mozo, A., Palacios Gonzalo, J. C., Rabasa Díaz, E., Calvo-López, J., Sanjurjo Álvarez, A., Functionalism and Caprice in Stonecutting. The Case of the Nativity Chapel in Burgos Cathedral.
Alonso Ruiz, B., The Construction of the Cathedral of Segovia from Juan Guas to Juan Gil de Hontañón.
Antuña Bernardo, J., Prestressed Constructions without Steel. A Project of the Spanish Engineer Eduardo Torroja.
Arenillas, M., Barahona, M., A New Approach Regarding the Water Supply to Toledo during the Roman Era
Attas, D., Provost, M., Bouillard, P., Definition and Identification of an “Engineering Application to the Region of Brussels.
Bachmann, M., The Amcazade Yalısı in Istanbul. A New Light on Ottoman Carpentry.
Badalini, J., Dandria, S., Diffusion of a Technological Model along the Adige Path: The Composite Beams.
Bagliani, S., The Architecture and Mechanics of Elliptical Domes.
Balboni, L., Corradini, P., The Technology of Camorcanna Vaults: Examples of Use in Palaces and Villas in the Este Territory in the 17th and 18th Century.
Băncilă, R., Petzek, E., The History of the Romanian Danube Bridges.
Bankel, H., A German War Plant from 1944/45: The Aircraft Factory Weingut I and the Concentration Camp Waldlager 6 near Mühldorf/Inn.
Barbera, P., Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda’s Architecture: Constructing the Modern Restoring the Ancient. The Politeama Theatre’s Dome in Palermo.
Barozzi, A., Guardigli, L. Italian Construction in the First Half of the Twentieth Century between Materials Restrictions and Innovative Technology.
Basiricò, T., Cottone, A., The First Experimentations on the Hollow Tile Floors in Western Sicily.
Basyn, J.-M., The Protection of the Public Swimming Pools in Brussels-Capital Region.
Becchi, A., The Body of the Architect. Flesh, Bones and Forces between Mechanical and Architectural Theories.
Beckh, M., Barthel, R., The First Doubly Curved Gridshell Structure - Shukhovs Building for the Plate Rolling Workshop in Vyksa.
Bell, P., The Structure of Georgian London Houses.
Beltramo, S., Construction Methods and Models of Cistercian Abbeys in North-Western Italy between XII and XIII Century.
Benito Pradillo, Mª Á., First Building Stages of the Cathedral of Avila. Romanesque and Protogothic Stages.
Bernabeu Larena, A., Shape Design Methods Based on the Optimisation of the Structure. Historical Background and Application to Contemporary Architecture.
Bertels, I., De Jonge, K., Building Specifications and the Growing Standardizing of Public Building Regulation in Nineteenth-Century Belgium.
Bien, J., Helmerich, R., Niederleithinger, E., Kubiak, Z., Condition Assessment of Old Railway Bridges, a Scientific Cooperation between Berlin and Wroclaw.
Bögle, A., Structural History - a Basic Element for Teaching Creativity.
Bossi, S., Construction History: What Kind of Knowledge in the Maintenance Process?
Bowen, B. The Quantity Surveyor: Missing in Action in the USA.
Bravo Guerrero, S. C., Palacios Gonzalo, J. C., Crossing Trellis Vaults in Spain and Mexico.
Brucculeri, A., Building Construction and Architectural Practice: The Teaching of François Marie Jaÿ at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Paris (1824-1863).
Bühler, D., Building a Masterpiece of Concrete-Technology: The Deutsches Museum in Munich (1906-1911).
Burford, N. K., Smith, F. W, Gengnagel, C., The Evolution of Arches as Lightweight Structures - A History of Empiricism and Science.
Cacciaguerra, G., Gatti, M. P., Military Architecture: A Pool of Installations to Preserve or Demolish?
Cajigal Vera., M. Á., Proportion, Symmetry and Mathematics in the Renaissance Theory of Construction: Vignola’s Treaty of Architecture and its Musical Mirror.
Campa, M. R. E.E., Viollet-le-Duc: Innovation and Tradition in Architecture: Language of Form and Structure in the Conception of Polyhedral Vaults.
Campbell, J. W. P., Building a Fortune: The Finances of the Stonemasons Working on the Rebuilding of St Paul’s Cathedral 1675-1720.
Carocci, C. F., Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda’s Architecture: Constructing the Modern Restoring the Ancient. The Cathedral of Marsala.
Carocci, C. F., Speranza, C., The Plan of Street Levelling in Catania 1820-1879. Urban Restyling and Seismic Vulnerability.
Carvais, R., Creating a Legal Field: Building Customs and Norms in Modern French Law.
Caston, Ph. S. C., Historic Wooden Covered Bridge Trusses in Germany.
Ceraldi, C., Mormone, V., Ermolli, E. R., Timber Covering Structures of Churches Built in Naples during Angevin Domination.
Chamorro Trenado, M. Á., The Construction of the Saint Felix Church Tower in Girona, during the Fourteenth Century: Workers, Materials and Equipment
Chiou, B.-S., Hsu, Y.-H., Modernizing Traditional Craftsmanship: Notes on the Working Drawings by a Traditional Master Carpenter in Taiwan
Chrimes, M., A Forgotten Chapter in Dam History: Masonry Dams in British India in the Nineteenth Century.
Ciranna, S., Practice, Empiricism and Science inside the Corpo Degli Ingegneri Pontifici. The Activity of Giuseppe Della Gatta in the District of Ancona (1817-1836).
Como, M. T., The Construction of Mycenaean Tholoi.
Como, M., The Collapse of the Beauvais Cathedral in 1284: The Conjecture of the Creep Buckling Piers.
Conti, C., Martines, G., Sinopoli, A., Constructions Techniques of Roman Vaults: Opus Caementicium and the Octagonal Dome of the Domus Aurea.
Cottone, A., Bertorotta, S., New Domes for Old Churches (Palermo 1943).
Croizé, J.-C., Academic Views on the Economics of Construction: French Variations (1920-1970).
D'Alencon, R., Nobel, L., Fischer, J., Migration of Sustainable Construction. Foreign Influence and Expertise in Chile 1989 - 2004.
D'Amelio, M. G., “Thrust and Support” of Slopes According to Carlo Fontana (1638-1714).
De Bouw, M., Wouters, I., Lauriks, L., Forty Years of de Dion Trusses in Nineteenth Century Brussels Model Schools.
De Jonge, K., Snaet, J., Innovation and Tradition in Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth- Century Vaulting Techniques in the Southern Low Countries: A First Assessment.
De Paola, S., Minenna, V., Oblique Vaults
Debonne, V., Production of Moulded Bricks on a Gothic Building Site. The Case of the Thirteenth-Century Abbeys of The Dunes and Boudelo (Belgium).
Del Curto, D., Landi, A., Gas-lighting in Italy during 1800s. Urban Plants and Monuments Devices between Construction History and Questions of Safeguard.
De Lony, E., State of Historic Bridges in America Compared to the World.
Dembo, N., Architecture and Industrialization: A Friendly Relationship. The Venezuelan Experience.
Dorner, E., Kaiser, C., Laue, S., Wallasch, S., History of Structural Design: A Hands-on Approach - First Uzbek- German Summer School for Preservation of Monuments 2007.
Dotter, K. R., Smith, B. J., McAlister, J., Curran, J., Sacrifice and Rebirth: The History of Lime Mortar in the North of Ireland.
Dunkeld, M., Madox Brown, Hicks, and Clausen: The Construction Site in Victorian High Art.
Volume 2
Eggemann, H., Kurrer, K.-E., On the International Propagation of the Melan Arch System since 1892.
Esperanza, G. R., Cave Construction with Masonry Arches and Vaults.
Espion, B., Early Applications of Prestressing to Bridges and Footbridges in the Brussels Area.
Etlin, R. A., Serial Barrel Vaults, Inverted Arches, and Rings: A Neglected Family of Structural Forms.
Fallacara, G., Toward a Stereotomic Design: Experimental Constructions and Didactic Experiences.
Fedorov, S., Erich Mendelsohn’s Red Banner Factory in Leningrad 1926–1928: Laboratory for Early Concrete Works in the Soviet Union.
Ficarelli, L., The Domestic Architecture in Egypt between Past and Present: The Passive Cooling in Traditional Construction.
Filemio, V., The Architecture and Mechanics of Earthen Structures.
Fischer, M., Lorenz, W., Early Reinforced Brick Floors in Germany: Historical Development, Construction Types, Dimensioning and Load Bearing Capacity.
Fissabre, A., Niethammer, B., The Invention of Glazed Curtain Wall in 1903 -The Steiff Toy Factory.
Fittipaldi, G., Italian Futurist Architecture: Angiolo Mazzoni and the Study Case of Littoria Post Office.
Fleury, F., Evaluation of the Perpendicular Flat Vault Inventor’s Intuitions Through Large Scale Instrumented Testing.
Foce, F., Unpublished Saint-Venant. Studies of Structural Mechanics (1837-1853).
Friedman, D., Early Predictions of Steel-Frame Deterioration: Permanency in High-Rise Construction.
Galindo Díaz, J. A., The Construction of Suspension Bridges in Colombia during the 19th Century: Between Tradition and Innovation.
García Muñoz, J., Losada González, J.C., Modern Shastras
García, R., Valcarce, M. T., Cylindrical Shed Construction: The Shell Roof on the Jamin Factory at Oosterhout, Netherlands.
Gasparini, D. A., Charles C., Sunderland and the Diffusion of Prestressing Technologies in the Americas.
Gasparini, D. A., Simmons, D. A. Alfred L., Rives and the Cabin John Bridge: Creating an Unprecedented 67m Masonry Arch at Mid-Nineteenth Century.
Genin, S., De Jonge, K., Palacios Gonzalo, J. C., Portuguese Vaulting Systems at the Dawn of the Early Modern Period. Between Tradition and Innovation.
Geva, A., The Utility of Computerized Energy Simulations in the Study of Religious Identity.
Giacomini, L., Technical Plants and Enviromental Wellbeing in Milanese Noble Residences (1550-1650).
Giese, S., Mimar Sinan Published in the World Wide Web.
Girón, F. J., The Restitution and Drawing of Lost Methods of Wood Construction in Auguste Choisy’s Histoire de l’Architecture.
González-Longo, C., Theodossopoulos, D., The Platform of the Temple of Venus and Rome.
Graciani, A., Earthenware Pieces Manufactured for Roman Thermae.
Graefe, R. Reconstruction of Antoni Gaudí’s Church of the Colónia Güell.
Grandjean, A., Brühwiler, E., Advanced Examination of Historical Masonry Bridges for Future Traffic Demands.
Greco, L., Building Techniques and Architectural Quality of Motorway Restaurants in Italy. The Case of Mottagrill by Pier Luigi Nervi and Melchiorre Bega.
Grimoldi, A., The “Frame Vaults” of North Italy between the Sixteenth and the Eighteenth Century.
Guerci, M., A Late Seventeenth-Century Case Study in Rome: The Construction of the Palazzo Mancini, 1686 – 1690.
Guerra, R. A., The Dome of the Colegio del Cardenal in Monforte de Lemos (Spain): Geometry, Construction and Stability.
Gulli, R., Pre-Fabricated School Buildings in Italy. The Experimental Events of the ’60.
Hamann, M., Schäcke, A., Rogers, H., Brandes, K., The First Complete Frame Structure Made of Cast Iron in Prussia: Luther-Haus Wittenberg - Ceiling of the Lecture Hall by A. F. Stüler.
Heinemann, H. A., Nijland, T. G., Concrete in the Netherlands: Historic Use of Components and Conservation.
Henze, F., Heine, K., Siedler, G., Developments of Surveying Technologies in Construction History.
Heyman, J., La Coupe des Pierres.
Hof, C., Masonry Techniques of the Early Sixth Century City Wall of Resafa, Syria.
Holzer, S. M., Köck, B., On the Use of Iron Elements in Southern Bavarian Roofs of the Baroque.
How, C., Lewis, M., The Ewbank Nail.
Huerta, S., The Debate About the Structural Behaviour of Gothic Vaults: From Viollet-le-Duc to Heyman.
Hurtado Valdez, P., Masonry or wooden Vaults?: The technical Discussion to Rebuilt the Vaults of the Cathedral of Lima in the Seventeenth Century.
Iori, T., Poretti, S., The Golden Age of “Italian Style” Engineering.
Isohata, H., Historical Study on the Development of Construction Management System in Japan.
Kahlow, A., Different Manners of Constructing in Different Contexts: Roebling’s Niagara Bridge and Gerber’s Cantilever Beam.
Kamibayashi, Y., Two Dutch Engineers and Improvements of Public Workes in Japan.
Kayser, C., Barthel, R., Stehlin, V., Stone and Oak - The "Glücksrad" of Basel Cathedral.
Kierdorf, A., Why Hennebique Failed in Germany. Strategies and Obstacles in the Introduction of a New Construction Technology.
Köck, B., Holzer, S. M., Baroque Timber Roofs without a Continuous Tiebeam.
Krieg, S. W., Max Pommer and the Oldest Known Hennebique-Construction in Germany: A Printer’s Shop at Leipzig.
Kulukcija, S., Humo, M., Mandzic, E., Mandzic, K., Selimovic, M., Existing Historical Foundation System of Two Old Bridges from the Ottoman Period in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Lambert, G., Promises and Disappointments in the Representations of Innovation in Architecture. The Goods Lifts in the Hôtel des Postes of Paris (1878-1888).
Lapins, A., Dirveiks, I., Construction of the Order’s Castle in Cesis, Latvia.
Leslie, T., The Importance of Steel to Wind-Resistant Building Frames: Riveting and the Quest for Structural Rigidity.
Lewis, M., Lehmwickel and the German Diaspora.
Lohmann, D., Drafting and Designing. Roman Architectural Drawings and their Meaning for the Construction of Heliopolis/ Baalbek, Lebanon.
Maclot, P., Towards an Alternative Solution for the Detection of Historic Structures in Antwerpen (Belgium).
Mähner, J., Salisbury Cathedral and Its Diversity of Flying Buttresses.
Maierhofer, C., Wöstmann, J., Milmann, B., Hennen, C., Structural Assessment of Stone Walls of St. Servatius Church in Quedlinburg.
Marconi, N., Technicians and Master Builders for the Dome of St. Peter’s in Vatican in the 18th Century: The Contribution of Nicola Zabaglia (1664-1750).
Martin Talaverano, R., Two Flat Ribbed Vaults in San Juan de los Reyes (Toledo, Spain).
May, R., Discovering Construction as an Art – The ‘Cologne Bridge Quarrel’.
Menchetti, F., Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and the Building Site of the Citadel of Ancona
Meyer, L.-H., "Kiesel, Cailloux, Pebble, Keien": Curious Material in the 8th Century.
Meyer, T., Hassler, U., Construction History and the History of Science – An Approach to the Scientification of Building Knowledge.
Volume 3
Mislin, M., Annotations on the History of Curtain Walls in Industrial Buildings of the United States and Germany between 1890 and 1920.
Mochi G., Predari, G., The Relationship between Materials and Techniques: The Use of Bricks in Traditional Bolognese Building.
Morales-Segura, M., The Skylight in the Roman Baths: The Construction.
Morganti, R., Tosone, A., The Steel House in Twentieth-Century Italian Architecture: Experimental Prototypes and Projects at the Milan Triennale Exhibitions, 1933-1954.
Mornati, S., The Skyscraper in Rome: Between Innovation and Italian Building Traditions.
Münchmeyer, A., Kruse, S., Master Mateo – Skilled Artist or Medieval Engineer?
Nègre, V., Some Considerations on Traité de l’Art de Bâtir by Rondelet and the Technical Literature of His Time.
Oikonomopoulou, A., Ciblac, T., Guéna, F., Modeling Tools for the Mechanical Behavior of Historic Masonry Structures.
Oliveira, B. T., The Morro da Queimada Archaeological Park Project, Ouro Preto, MG - Brazil.
Orsel, E., The Earliest Development of Roof Construction in Leiden (NL).
Orsini, M. S., “L’Ossatura Murale” and Italian Modern Architecture from 1920 to 1940. Three Works by G.B. Milani between Theory and Practice.
Ostermann, I., Factory Buildings of the Modern Movement - Different Kinds of (Constructive) Flexibility, Can They Meet the Expectations?
Pauwels, P., Verstraeten, R., De Meyer, R., Van Campenhout, J., Architectural Information Modelling in Construction History.
Payá-Zaforteza, I., Adam-Martínez., J. M., Pellicer-Armiñana, T., Calderón-García , P. A., Use of ConcepTest in a Course on Building Structural Analysis for Teaching Construction History.
Pelke, E., The Client’s Influence on the Developments of Methods of Construction in Germany: The Example of Willy Stöhr (1905-1997).
Perucchio, R., Brune, P., The Evolution of Structural Design of Monumental Vaulting in Opus Caementicium in Imperial Rome.
Peters, T. F., Patterns of Thought as Contributors to Design and Construction.
Pinon, M., Graville Castle: Evolutions and Conversions of a Defensive Building in France in the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries.
Pita Galán P., The Establishment and Spread of the Architectural Vocabulary in Renaissance Spain: Diego de Sagredo´s Medidas del Romano (1526).
Porrino, M., Typological, Formal and Structural Elements of the Industrial Architecture of Paul Friesé. The Electricity Generating Station and Sub-Station of Paris, 1889-1912.
Pracchi, V., The Teaching of the Historical Construction Techniques in the Italian Faculties.
Radelet-de Grave, P., The Problem of the Elastica Treated by Jacob Bernoulli and the Further Development of This Study by Leonhard Euler.
Rheidt, K., Pile Foundation in the Anatolian Mountains – Wrong Technique at the Wrong Place?
Riedel, A., Hamann, J., From the Quarry to the Finished Building. The Ancient Meroitic Stone Masonry at the Site of Naga / Sudan.
Rocks, D., Ancient Khmer Quarrying of Arkose Sandstone for Monumental Architecture and Sculpture.
Rodríguez-Camilloni, H., Rethinking Bamboo Architecture as a Sustainable Alternative for Developing Countries: Juvenal Baracco and Simón Vélez.
Rodríguez Espinosa, C., Influence of New Materials in the Transformation of Traditional Home Building Technology in Michoacán, México.
Rodríguez García, A., Hernando de la Cuerda, R., Timbrel Construction and Reinforced Concrete in Madrid Rationalism (1925-1939).
Rodríguez Méndez, F. J., February of 1933, Spanish Courts: An Examination of the Building of State Schools.
Rogers, H., Structural Form in History and the Construction of Complex Forms.
Romanazzi, H., Crossed Arches in Thirteenth Century Armenian Architecture.
Rozhko, V., Methods of Graphical Reconstruction of Log Cliffside Architecture.
Sakarovitch, J., Gaspard Monge Founder of “Constructive Geometry”.
Sanna, A., Reinforced Concrete and Limestone: Rebuilding a Modern Church on Gothic Ruins.
Saura, M., Building Codes in the Architectural Treatise “De re Aedificatoria”.
Schlimme, H., Santa Margherita at Montefiascone and Carlo Fontana’s Knowledge on Dome Construction.
Segura-Graiño, C., The Building of the Hydraulic System in Madrid (Spain) in the Middle Ages.
Silva Contreras, M. E., Modern Architecture’s Technologies in Venezuela: Industrial Heritage in Crisis.
Slivnik, L., An Overview of Mushroom Structures in Slovene Structuralism.
Smars, P., De Jonge, K., Geometry and Construction Techniques of Gothic Vaults in Brabant (Belgium).
Smith, R. E., History of Prefabrication: A Cultural Survey.
Soygenis, S., Kiris, I. M., Reflection of Construction Technology on the Built Environment: Housing Fabric in the Turkish Cities.
Stegmann, K., Early Concrete Constructions in Germany – A Review with Special Regard to the Building Company Dyckerhoff & Widmann.
Strobel, T., The Construction of the Iffland-Theater in Berlin by Carl Gotthard Langhans, 1800.
Svenshon, H., Heron of Alexandria and the Dome of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Taín-Guzmán, M., “La Memoria de la Catedral de Santiago” by José de Vega y Verdugo: An Example of Artistic Baroque Literature in Spain.
Theodossopoulos, D., Aspects of Transfer of Gothic Masonry Vaulting Technology to Greece in the Case of Saint Sophia in Andravida.
Tragbar, K., Constructing Siena Cathedral. Sources and Observations on the Use of Brick in the Middle Ages.
Turchiarulo, M., Building Styles Brought to Egypt by the Italian Community between 1850 and 1950: The Style of Mario Rossi.
Turri, F., Zamperini, E., Cappelletti, V., Military Contribution to Building Technical Evolution in Italy (1860- 1940).
Turri, F., Zamperini, E., Cappelletti, V., The Evolution of Construction Techniques in Italian Barracks after National Unification.
Ungermann, D., Preckwinkel, E., Appraisement of Historic Industrial Buildings Designed 1880-1940.
Van de Voorde, St. Hennebique’s Journal Le Béton Armé. A Close Reading of the Genesis of Concrete Construction in Belgium.
Verswijver, K., De Meyer, R., Denys, R., De Kooning, E., The Writings of Belgian Engineer Arthur Vierendeel (1852-1940): Homo Universalis or Contemporary Propagandist?
Voormann, F., The Use of Welding in Civil Engineering – Conditions of a Technological Innovation in the 1920s.
Waite, S., Construction of the 17th Century Dzong in the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Weber, C., Fritz Leonhardt’s Contribution to the Construction of New Main Station of Munich (1939-1942).
Weber, J., Sigrist, V., The Engineer’s Aesthetics - Interrelations between Structural Engineering, Architecture and Art.
Wendland, D., Cell Vaults – Research on Construction and Design Principles of a Unique Late-Mediaeval Vault Typology.
Wermiel, S. E., California Concrete, 1876-1906: Jackson, Percy, and the Beginnings of Reinforced Concrete Construction in the United States.
Wouters, I., Leus, M., Refurbishment of Industrial Buildings in Early Reinforced Concrete.
Yoda, T., Structural Preservation of the Japanese Historical Timber Bridge: Kintaikyo Bridge
Zalivako, A., Soviet Avant-Garde – Origin of New Materials and Construction Methods or Extension of Europe`s Modern Movement? A Critique.
Zastavni, D., What Was Truly Innovative about Maillart’s Designs Using Reinforced Concrete?
Zhao, C., Feng, J., Bi, S., Tectonic Studies on Wooden Arched Bridge. As the Case of Span in Chinese Wooden Construction Tradition.