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. |