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Twentieth-century building materials : history and conservation / edited with a new preface by Thomas C. Jester.

Other author/creatorJester, Thomas C., editor.
Included WorkTomlan, Michael A. Building modern America.
Other author/creatorGetty Conservation Institute, issuing body.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Los Angeles, California : Getty Conservation Institute, [2014]
Copyright Notice ©2014
Descriptionxiv, 320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Variant title 20th century building materials
Contents Foreword to the 2014 edition / Timothy P. Whalen -- Preface to the 2014 edition / Thomas C. Jester -- Preface to the first edition / Thomas C. Jester -- Twentieth-Century Building Materials: A Photographic Essay -- Building Modern America: An Era of Standardization and Experimentation / Michael A. Tomlan -- Aluminum / Stephen J. Kelley -- Monel / Derek H. Trelstad -- Nickel Silver / Adrienne B. Cowden -- Stainless Steel / Robert Score and Irene J. Cohen -- Weathering Steel / John C. Scott and Carolyn L. Searls -- Concrete Block / Pamela H. Simpson, Harry J. Hunderman and Deborah Slaton -- Cast Stone / Adrienne B. Cowden, David P. Wessel -- Reinforced Concrete / Amy E. Slaton, Paul E. Gaudette, William G. Hime and James D. Connolly -- Shotcrete / Anne T. Sullivan -- Architectural Precast Concrete / Sidney Freedman -- Prestressed Concrete / Howard Newlon, Jr. -- Fiberboard / Carol S. Gould, Kimberly A. Konrad, Kathleen Catalano Milley and Rebecca Gallagher -- Decorative Plastic Laminates / Anthony J.T. Walker, Kimberly A. Konrad and Nicole L. Stull -- Plywood / Thomas C. Jester -- Glued Laminated Timber / Andrew McNall, David C. Fischetti -- Fiber Reinforced Plastic / Anthony J.T. Walker -- Structural Clay Tile / Conrad Paulson -- Terra Cotta / Deborah Slaton and Harry J. Hunderman -- Gypsum Block and Tile / Susan M. Escherich -- Thin Stone Veneer / Michael J. Scheffler and Edward A. Gerns -- Simulated Masonry / Ann Milkovich McKee -- Plate Glass / Kimberly A. Konrad and Kenneth M. Wilson, William J. Nugent and Flora A. Calabrese -- Prismatic Glass / Dietrich Neumann -- Glass Block / Dietrich Neumann, Jerry G. Stockbridge and Bruce S. Kaskel -- Structural Glass / Carol J. Dyson -- Spandrel Glass / Robert W. McKinley -- Linoleum / Bonnie Wehle Parks Snyder -- Rubber Tile / Sharon C. Park -- Cork Tile / Anne E. Grimmer -- Terrazzo / Walker C. Johnson -- Vinyl Tile / Kimberly A. Konrad, Paul D. Kofoed -- Asphalt Shingles / Mike Jackson -- Porcelain Enamel / Thomas C. Jester -- Acoustical Materials / Anne E. Weber -- Gypsum Board / Kimberly A. Konrad and Michael A. Tomlan -- Building Sealants / Michael J. Scheffler and James D. Connolly.
General noteFirst published in 1995 as "Twentieth-Century Building Materials: History and Conservation" by Technical Preservation Services, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. An illustrated version was published in 1995 by McGraw Hill in cooperation with the National Park Service.--ECIP galley.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other edition issuedReprint of (manifestation): Twentieth-century building materials. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1995 0070325731
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2014013583
ISBN9781606063255 (pbk.)
ISBN1606063251 (pbk.)

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