TY - BOOK AU - Pfammatter,Ulrich TI - Building the future: building technology and cultural history from the Industrial Revolution until today SN - 3791339265 (hbk.) PY - 2008/// CY - Munich PB - Prestel KW - Architecture, Modern KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Architectural design KW - Building KW - Technological innovations 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 -