TY - BOOK AU - Pfammatter,Ulrich TI - Building the future: building technology and cultural history from the Industrial Revolution until today SN - 3791339265 (cloth) : AV - NA642 .P4313 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Munich, Germany, New York PB - Prestel KW - Architecture, Modern KW - Technological innovations KW - History KW - Building KW - Building materials N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-317) and index; From greenhouse to 'high-tech' hothouse' - virtual experience space of industrial and communicative societies -- Building as an art or the art of building? Railway sheds, expo pavilions, terminals - spatial landscapes of the future -- How concrete became lighter - 100 years of concrete pioneers -- The 'liberated facade' - from wall to partition to skin -- Process thinking conquers construction - industrialisation from the balloon frame to the skyscraper -- "Sustainable building design" - a future project -- Sir Ove Arup: the key search, 1970 ER -