Session Index


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Intro to the intro
Why is history important!

Lecture 1	intro    Basic principles, "the three's",
Lecture 2	intro   Timeless 'informal structures'  .. "architecture without architects".
Lecture 3	intro   Obelisks: Stone monoliths that have been in the news for 5000 years
Lecture 4	intro   Pseudo arches and vaults of Mycene and Mexico, post and beam in Egypt and Greece
Lecture 5	intro   Rome: the creation of large scale monumental structures, infra structure and  interior space through the use of  arches, vaulting and domes.
Lecture 6	intro   Timber frame works filled in with wattle and daub, stone or brick
Lecture 7	intro   Renaissance domes.
Lecture 8	intro   Cast Iron, Iron Bridge 1779, early cast Iron buildings
Lecture 9	intro    wrought iron tower Eiffel 1879 Chrome steel Eads bridge, St. Louis, 1880
Lecture 10	intro    steel suspension cables Brooklyn Bridge 1889 (precedents: vine bridges, rope bridges, chainlink bridges etc..)
Lecture 11	intro    reinforced concrete timeline
Lecture X,Y	Lecture by representatives of the steel industry and the Canadian Wood Council

Last minute links to  files on folding plates and bio mimickry: there will only be general  questions regarding these topics on the final exam, based on what was shown and discussed in class. But, as always, the more you know about a topic in general the better it is !

Link to steel-assignment