Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
City of wood : San Francisco and the architecture of the redwood lumber industry
"In City of Wood, architectural historian James Buckley explores San Francisco's rapid urban development as a product of the physical and economic transformation of the natural environment of the American West. San Francisco is best known as a product of the gold and silver that were mined from California's mountains and streams, but as Buckley shows, the city's growth was in fact fueled by a wide range of natural resources that could be converted into marketable commodities. City of Wood investigates the architecture of a typical Western resource industry--redwood lumber--to determine how the exploitation of California's natural resources shaped the built environment of both San Francisco and its broader hinterland"--
City of wood : San Francisco and the architecture of the redwood lumber industry
"In City of Wood, architectural historian James Buckley explores San Francisco's rapid urban development as a product of the physical and economic transformation of the natural environment of the American West. San Francisco is best known as a product of the gold and silver that were mined from California's mountains and streams, but as Buckley shows, the city's growth was in fact fueled by a wide range of natural resources that could be converted into marketable commodities. City of Wood investigates the architecture of a typical Western resource industry--redwood lumber--to determine how the exploitation of California's natural resources shaped the built environment of both San Francisco and its broader hinterland"--
City of wood : San Francisco and the architecture of the redwood lumber industry
Buckley, James Michael (Autor:in)
First edition
2024
XVI, 347 Seiten
Illustrationen, Karten, Pläne
Includes bibliographical references and index
Buch
Englisch
BKL:
21.73
Stadtbaugeschichte, Geschichte ländlicher Siedlungen
DDC:
720.794/61
Ports of San Francisco and Redwood City, Calif.
Engineering Index Backfile | 1962
Cedar, cypress, and redwood tank-stock lumber
Engineering Index Backfile | 1941
A Factory without a Roof: The Company Town in the Redwood Lumber Industry
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
TIBKAT | 1972