Architecture Anthology I: Architectural Construction, Materials and Building Technologies

Jamal M. Khatib

ISBN: 978-960-598-026-9, 272 pages

First published in 2015 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

Preface Stavros Alifragkis and Nicholas Patricios		i
Architectural Construction, Materials and Building Technologies: An Introduction Jamal M Khatib		iii
Part 1: Architectural Technology
1.	Architectural and Structural Development of Tall Buildings Matin Alaghmandan, Nurullah Alper Pehlivan and Mahjoub Elnimeiri	3
2.	Moved by Water. The Architecture of a Minga in Southern Chile Emil Osorio Schmied	15
3.	Architectural Technology; Theories, Myths and Legends Norman Wienand	29
4.	Ancient Materials and Steel: Project Strategies on Contents and Containers of Museums in Post-war Italian Period Laura Ciammitti	41
5.	Cultural Content of Lighting for the Discovery of Archaeological Heritage Santina Di Salvo	47
6.	Emperor's New Architecture: The Spatial Experience of Wireless Communication Selena Savić	59
7.	Reinforced Concrete in Anastylosis: The Establishment of a New Technique Elisa Fain	73
8.	Development of a Shading Devices Efficiency Verification Method using Software Simulations Emilio Antoniol	85
9.	Lighting Design a Natural Part of Architecture with Strong Connections to Important Goals in Society Monica Säter	97
10.	Daylighting Inside Glass Boxes: Responsiveness of Interior Design to External Facade Ashikur Rahman Joarder and Zebun Nasreen Ahmed	107
11.	Reviving the Design of Contemporary Masonry Vaults Shaghayegh Rajabzadeh and Mario Sassone	125
12.	Seismic Vulnerability of Building Heritage in Aggregate, Civita Di Bagnoregio Study Case Giulia Campanini	143
13.	Variability Analysis and Operating Characteristic Curves for Assessing Contractor and Agency Risks Associated with Construction Materials Acceptance Dimitrios G. Goulias and Sahand Sasha Karimi	155
Part 2: Building Materials and Construction
14.	Rheological Properties of Polyethylene-Modified Asphalt Binder Khalid A. Ghuzlan, Ghazi G. Al-Khateeb and Yazeed Qasem	165
15.	Experimental Assessment and Thermal Characterization of Ethylene TetraFluoroEthylene ETFE Foil Eleni Anastasia Dimitriadou and Andrew Shea	179
16.	Basic Characteristics of An Appropriate Waste Fillers for Solvent Free and Water-Based Industrial Polymer Floors and their Utilization Jana Kosikova and Michaela Vyhnankova	193
17.	PSI Models for Urban Highway Flexible Pavements in Jordan Ghazi G. Al-Khateeb and Riyada F. Al-Smadi	205
18.	Deflection Analysis of Reinforced Concrete T-beam Prestressed with CFRP Tendons Externally Le Huang, Lihua Xu, Feng Xu and Jian Ding	217
19.	Comparison of Ground Motion Pulse Models for the Acceleration Response of Seismically Isolated Buildings Seda Öncü-Davas, Hatice Gazi and Cenk Alhan	229
20.	Development of Wood-Crete Building Materials from Wood-Waste and Inorganic Binder Eboziegbe Patrick Aigbomian and Mizi Fan	241