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DONALD FRIEDMAN: HISTORICAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION: Design, Materials, and Technology

(W. W. Norton & Company 2010)

In this hour-long illustrated slide lecture, structural engineer Donald Friedman highlights the sections on high-rise history from the updated edition of his classic text detailing the ins and outs of old building construction.

A comprehensive guide to the physical construction of buildings from the 1840s to the present, this study covers the history of concrete- , steel- , and skeleton-frame buildings, provides case histories that apply the information to a wide range of actual projects, and supplies technical data essential to professionals who work with historic structures.

Donald Friedman, a structural engineer, is the president of Old Structures Engineering and lives in New York City. He is also the author of The Investigation of Buildings; The Design of Renovations, with Nathaniel Oppenheimer; and Building the Empire State with Carol Willis

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The exhibitions and programs of The Skyscraper Museum are supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.