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The following is a selection of recent publications in the field of conservation of existing structures and the history of building and civil engineering. It is not comprehensive. Readers are invited to notify the Editor about relevant new books for inclusion in a similar review in early 2018. Subject to availability of space, some of these books will be reviewed in Engineering History and Heritage.
Aita
D
, Pedemonte
O
, Williams
K
2015
Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture
Birkhäuser
Basel, Switzerland
Andrews
D
, Bedford
J
, Bryan
P
2015
Metric Survey Specifications for Cultural Heritage
(3)
Historic England
London, UK
Atkinson
FGB
2015
History of the North London Railway. Volume: 1 London’s North Western Electrics
The North London Railway Historical Society
London, UK
Badura
S
2015
Das Pretziener Wehr an der Elbe. Band 17 der Schriftenreihe Historische Wahrzeichen der Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland
Bundesingenieurkammer
Berlin, Germany
(in German
)Baridon
L
, Garric
J-P
, Richaud
G
2016
Les Leçons de la Terre: François Cointeraux (1740–1830), Professeur d’Architecture Rurale
Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art/Editions des Cendres
Paris, France
(in French
)Barton
B
2016
Civil Engineering Heritage: East Midlands
Ruddocks Publishing Ltd
Lincoln, UK
Barton
N
, Myers
S
2016
The Lost Rivers of London
(3)
Historical Publications
Whitstable, UK
Becchi
A
, Carvais
R
, Sakarovitch
J
2015
L’Histoire de la Construction: Un Méridien Européen
Association Francophone d’Histoire de la Construction
Paris, France
(in French
)Beckh
M
2015
Hyperbolic Structures. Shukhov’s Lattice Towers – Forerunners of Modern Lightweight Construction
Wiley
Chichester, UK
Berthonnet
A
2015
L’Entreprise Familiale Joyeux: Six Générations d’Entrepreneurs, 1858 à nos Jours
InSiglo
Rueil-Malmaison, France
(in French
)Bologna
A
, Gargiani
R
2016
The Rhetoric of Pier Luigi Nervi: Forms in Reinforced Concrete and Ferro-Cement
EPFL Press
Lausanne, France
Bond
S
, Worthing
D
2016
Managing Built Heritage: the Role of Cultural Values and Significance
(2)
Wiley-Blackwell
Chichester, UK
Bühler
D
2015
Museum aus Gegossenem Stein: Betonbaugeschichte im Deutschen Museum
Deutsches Museum
Munich, Germany
(in German
)Burton
A
2015
Thomas Telford: Master Builder of Roads and Canals
Pen & Sword Books
Barnsley, UK
Campbell
JWP
, Bill
N
, Driver
M
, et al Further Studies in the History of Construction: Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the Construction History Society
Construction History Society
Cambridge, UK
Capecchi
D
, Ruta
G
2015
Strength of Materials and Theory of Elasticity in 19th Century Italy. A Brief Account of the History of Mechanics of Solids and Structures
Springer
Berlin, Germany
Cassis
Y
2016
Infrastructure Finance in Europe: Insights into the History of Water, Transport, and Telecommunications
University Press
Oxford, UK
Castrucci
C
2016
Le Quartier du Port de Marseille 1500–1790. Une Réalité Urbaine Restituée
Université de Provence
Provence, France
(in French
)Christianson
J
, Marston
CH
2015
Covered Bridges and the Birth of American Engineering
Historic American Engineering Record
Washington, DC, USA
Christopher
J
2015
Brunel’s Kingdom: in the Footsteps of Britain’s Greatest Engineer
The History Press
Stroud, UK
Clarke
M
2016
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal – a History
(2)
Milepost Research
Lancashire, UK
Claustre
J
, Margairaz
D
2015
Mesurer et Construire Paris (Histoire Urbaine, No. 43)
Société Française d’Histoire Urbaine
Paris, France
(in French
)Cluzel
J-S
, Masatsugu
N
2015
Le Sanctuaire d′Ise: Récit de la 62e Reconstruction
Mardaga
Brussels, Belgium
(in French
)Costanza
B
2016
Building a Crossing Tower: A Design for Rouen Cathedral of 1516
Holberton
London, UK
Courtenay
L
2016
The Engineering of Medieval Cathedrals (Studies in the History of Civil Engineering)
Routledge
Abingdon-on-Thames, UK
Cross-Rudkin
P
2016
Early Main Line Railways: Papers from the First International Early Main Line Railways Conference Held at Caernarfon in June 2014
Six Martlets Publishing
Suffolk, UK
Davies
W
2016
The Story of ‘The Irish Mail’: A London Train to Ireland Via Holyhead
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
Llanrwst, Wales
Delemontey
Y
, Graf
F
2016
La Sauvegarde des Grandes Œuvres de l’Ingénierie du XXe Siècle
Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes (Cahiers du TSAM)
Lausannes, France
(in French
)Delemontey
Y
2015
Reconstruire la France: l’Aventure du Béton Assemblé, 1940–1955
Éditions de la Villette
Paris, France
(in French
)Devos
R
, Ortenberg
A
2015
Architecture of Great Expositions 1937–1959: Messages of Peace, Images of War
Routledge
Abingdon-on-Thames, UK
Durbin
L
2015
Architectural Tiles: Conservation and Restoration
(2)
Routledge
Abingdon-on-Thames, UK
ECCS (The European Convention for Constructional Steelwork)
2015
The European Convention for Constructional Steelwork – History and Achievements 1955–2015
[PubMed]
ECCS
Brussels, Belgium
Etxepare
L
, García
F
2016
Luis Vallet de Montano (1894–1982). Arquitecto de Frontera
Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos Vasco-Navarro
San Sebastián, Spain
EURAC Research Passive House Institute
Troi
A
, Bastian
Z
2015
Energy Efficiency Solutions for Historic Buildings: A Handbook
Birkhauser
Basel, Switzerland
Fife
M
2015
British Airship Bases of the Twentieth Century
Fonthill Media Limited
Stroud, UK
Francis
R
2015
Penang Hill Funicular Railway: Remembering an Engineering Feat 1923–2010
Areca Books
Penang, Malaysia
French
G
2016
The History of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick: From Individual Engineering Consultancy in 1924 to Major International Firm in 2010
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick
London, UK
Fuller
L
2016
Great Expectations: Buildings at Risk 2016–17
Save Britain’s Heritage
London, UK
Fwa
TF
2016
50 Years of Transportation in Singapore: Achievements and Challenges
World Scientific Publishing
Singapore
Gargiani
R
2013
Concrete from Archaeology to Invention 1700–1769. The Renaissance of Pozzolana and Roman Construction Techniques
EPFL Press
Lausanne, France and Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, UK
Genestier
P
, Gras
P
2015
Sacré Béton ! Fabrique et Légende d’un Matériau du Future
Libel
Lyon, France
(in French
)Gerhold
D
2016
London Plotted: Plans of London Buildings c.1450–1720
London Topographical Society
Catarham, UK
Giles
C
, Williams
M
2015
Ditherington Mill and the Industrial Revolution
Historic England
Swindon, UK
Gonzalez
P
, Carlos
J
, Mártin
R
, et al 2015
Taller de Construcción Gótica: Workshop on Building Gothic Methods
Munilla-Leria
Madrid, Spain
Gould
J
, Gould
C
2015
Coventry: The Making of a Modern City 1939–1973
Historic England
Swindon, UK
Graf
F
, Albani
F
2015
Angelo Mangiarotti. La Tettonica dell’assemblaggio/The Tectonics of Assembly
Mendrisio Academy Press/Silvana Editoriale
Madrid, Spain
Grantham
MG
2016
Concrete Solutions: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Concrete Repair Held in Thessaloniki, Greece on the 20–23 June 2016
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Boca Raton, FL, USA
Hänsel
J
, Haspel
J
, Salge
C
, Wittmann-Englert
K
2016
Baumeister – Ingenieure – Gartenarchitekten
Duncker & Humblot
Berlin, Germany
(in German
)Harper
D
2015
River, Railway and Ravine: Foot Suspension Bridges for Empire
The History Press
Stroud, UK
Harrison
D
2015
The Thames Iron Works 1837–1912: A Major Shipbuilder on the Thames
Museum of London Archaeology
London, UK
Hassler
U
2015
Der Lehrbuchdiskurs über das Bauen
Institut für Denkmalpflege und Bauforschung
Zürich, Switzerland
(in German
)Heine
E-C
2016
Under Construction. Building the Material and the Imagined World
LIT Verlag
Berlin, Germany
Hernu-Bélaud
J
2015
De la Planche à la Page. Pierre Bullet et l’Architecture en France sous Louis XIV
Université Paris-Sorbonne
Paris, France
Heyman
J
2016
Geometry and Mechanics of Historic Structures
Instituto Juan de Herrera
Madrid, Spain
Hillnhütter
S
2015
Planbilder: Medien der Architekturgestaltung
De Gruyter
Berlin, Germany
Historic England
2016
Advice and Guidance: New Titles and Backlist
Historic England
Swindon, UK
Historic England
2016
Engines of Prosperity: New Uses for Old Mills
Historic England
Swindon, UK
Historic England
2016
Sourcing Stone for Historic Building Repair
Historic England
Swindon, UK
Historic England
2016
Understanding Historic Buildings: A Guide to Good Recording Practice
Historic England
Swindon, UK
Historic England
2015
Practical Building Conservation Series (10 vols): Building Environment, Concrete, Conservation Basics, Earth, Brick and Terracotta, Glass and Glazing, Metals, Mortars, Renders and Plasters, Roofing, Stone, Timber
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Farnham, UK
Holzer
SM
2015
Die Sauschwänzlebahn im Südschwarzwald. Band 16 der Schriftenreihe Historische Wahrzeichen der Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland
Bundesingenieurkammer
Berlin, Germany
Holzer
SM
2015
Statische Beurteilung historischer Tragwerke. Band 2, Holzkonstruktionen
Ernst und Sohn
Berlin, Germany
Actes
Sud
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris Malaquais
2016
Hommage à Joël Sakarovitch. Transmettre, Comprendre, Défricher
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture
Paris, France
Ibarra-Sevilla
B
2015
Mixtec Stonecutting Artistry/El Arte de la Cantería Mixteca
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Iori
T
, Poretti
S
2015
SIXXI: Storia dell’ingegneria Strutturale in Italia
Gangemi Editore
Rome, Italy
1–3
(in Italian
)Irwin
L
2015
Messrs Lucas Brothers: the Great Victorian Contractors
Design + Digital Print for Loti Irwin
Chichester, UK
Jarvis
A
2016
Port and Harbour Engineering: 6 (Studies in the History of Civil Engineering)
Routledge
Abindon-on-Thames, UK
Koch
J
2015
L’Art de Bâtir dans les Châteaux Forts en Alsace: Xe–XIIIe Siècle
PUN, Éditions Universitaires de Lorraine
Nancy, France
(in French
)Krieg
SW
, Pommer
D
2015
Max Pommer: Architekt und Betonpionier
Sax-Verlag
Markleeberg, Germany
(in German
)Kurrer
K
2016
Eugen Geschichte der Baustatik. Auf der Suche nach dem Gleichgewicht
(2)
Ernst & Sohn
Berlin, Germany
(in German
)Musée du Plâtre
2016
La Lettre Blanche No. 54, Mars 2016
Musée du Plâtre
Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France
(in French
)Lalvani
K
2016
The Making of India: the Untold Story of British Enterprise
Bloomsbury
London, UK
Lemoine
B
2016
The Eiffel Tower: the Three-Hundred-Metre Tower
Taschen
Cologne, Germany
Maggs
C
2016
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: the Life of an Engineering Genius
Amberley Publishing
Stroud, UK
Mann
A
2016
Historical Development of Structural Form
Essential Knowledge Series, EKT3
Institution of Structural Engineers
London, UK
Mann
A
2016
Historical Development of Structural Theories and Methods of Analysis – Context of Modern Computer Analysis
Essential Knowledge Series, EKT4
Institution of Structural Engineers
London, UK
Marconi
N
2015
Castelli e Ponti. Apparati per il Restauro nell’Opera di Mastro Nicola Zabaglia per la Fabbrica di San Pietro in Vaticano
Il Formichiere
Foligno, Italy
(in Italian
)McIvor
L
2015
Canals: the Making of a Nation – a Journey into the Heart of Industrial Britain
BBC Books
London, UK
Meissner
I
, Möller
E
2015
Frei Otto. A Life of Research Construction and Inspiration
Edition Detail
Munich, Germany
Mills
DR
2015
Effluence and Influence: Public Health, Sewers and Politics in Lincoln 1848–50
Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology
Lincoln, UK
Minnis
J
, Morrison
KA
2016
Buildings and Infrastructure for the Motor Car
Historic England
Swindon, UK
Minnis
J
2015
Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (Research Report)
Historic England
Swindon, UK
Minnis
J
2016
The Railway Goods Shed and Warehouse in England
Historic England
Swindon, UK
Mitchell
M
2015
The Montrose & Bervie Railway: a Study of Transport in South-East Kincardineshire 1770–1966
Lightmoor Press
Lydney, Gloucestershire
Montel
N
2015
Écrire et Publier des Savoirs au XIXe Siècle: une Revue en Construction, les ‘Annales des Ponts et Chaussées’, 1831–1866
Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Collection Carnot
Rennes, France
(in French
)Newby
F
2016
Early Reinforced Concrete (Studies in the History of Civil Engineering)
Routledge
Abingdon-on-Thames, UK
O’Keeffe
P
, Simington
T
2016
Irish Stone Bridges: History and Heritage
(2)
Irish Academic Press
County Kildare, Ireland
Owens
V
2015
James Brindley and the Duke of Bridgewater Canal Visionaries
Amberley Publishing
Stroud, UK
Peixoto
V
2016
1st International Symposium on Building Pathology: Selected Papers Presented at the Symposium Held at the University of Porto, Portugal on the 24–27 March 2015
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Bingley, UK
Prince’s Regeneration Trust
2015
The Green Guide for Historic Buildings
(2)
The Stationary Office
London, UK
Raynaud
D
2015
Géométrie Pratique Géomètres, Ingénieurs et Architectes XVIe–XVIIIe Siècles
Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté
Besançon, France
(in French
)Richards
J
2016
Buildings, Bridges and Tunnels: an Accidental History of Inventions (‘It’ll Never Work’)
Franklin Watts
London, UK and Sydney, Australia
Rinke
M
2016
Vom Konstrukt zum Typus: der Wandel der strukturellen Form von Tragwerken im 18. Und 19. Jahrhundert
Deutscher Kunstverlag
Berlin, Germany
(in German
)Roos
J
2015
Rail Fastenings: the History of Major Component of Railway Track
Railfix Publications
Sittard, The Netherlands
Roth
R
2015
From Rail to Road and Back Again? A Century of Transport Competition and Interdependency
Ashgate
Farnham, UK
Schädlich
C
2015
Das Eisen in der Architektur des 19. Jahrhunderts
Geymüller, Aachen
Germany
(in German
)Scheiffele
W
2015
Das Leichte Haus – Utopie und Realität der Membranarchitektur
Edition Bauhaus 44, Spector Books
Leipzig, Germany
(in German
)Schneider
I
2016
Archimedes: Ingenieur, Naturwissenschaftler, Mathematiker
(2)
Springer
Berlin, Germany
(in German
)Styran
RM
, Taylor
RR
2016
This Colossal Project: Building the Welland Ship Canal, 1913–1932
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Quebec and Ontario, Canada
Sutherland
RJM
2016
Structural Iron 1750–1850 (Studies in the History of Civil Engineering)
Routledge
Abingdon-on-Thames, UK
Taylor
J
2016
The Building Conservation Directory 2016: a Guide to Specialist Suppliers, Consultants and Craftspeople in Traditional Building Conservation, Refurbishment and Design
(23)
Cathedral Communications Ltd
Tisbury, UK
Tomsin
P
2015
Histoire des Techniques en Belgique: la Période Préindustrielle
Halleux
R
, Vandersmissen
J
Les éditions de la Province de Liège
Liège, Belgium
1–3
(in French
)Van Balen
K
, Verstrynge
E
2016
Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions: Anamnesis, Diagnosis, Therapy, Controls: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference Held in Leuven, Belgium on the 13–15 September 2016
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Boca Raton, FL, USA
Van de Voorde
S
, Bertels
I
, Wouters
I
2015
Post-war Building Materials in Housing in Brussels 1945–1975
Vrij Universitiet
Brussels, Belgium
Wakelin
P
2015
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal: World Heritage Site
CRT and RCAHMW
Milton Keynes and Aberystwyth, UK
Waller
D
2016
Iron Men: How One London Factory Powered the Industrial Revolution and Shaped the Modern World
Anthem Press
London, UK
Ward
L
2015
The London County Council bomb damage maps 1939–1945
Thames & Hudson
London, UK
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