{"product_id":"corrugated-iron-hardcover-by-adam-mornement-simon-holloway","title":"Corrugated Iron Hardcover by Adam Mornement; Simon Holloway","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eWW Norton\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2007-12-25)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e224\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780393732405\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e1660.18\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e30.48 x 26.67 x 2.54\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Henry Palmer of the London Dock Company was granted the first patent for “indented or corrugated metallic sheets” in 1829, he little realized what he was starting.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin a few  years engineers were putting up warehouses and  elegant railway stations of corrugated iron. By  the late 1840s entrepreneurial manufacturers  were sending out build-it-yourself cottages for  gold prospectors in California and Australia.  Whole townships complete with churches, sports  pavilions, hotels, and meeting halls were soon  available from catalogs, to be flat-packed and  sent around the world. The First World War  brought the development of the shelter known as  the Nissen hut, perhaps the most iconic of all  corrugated iron buildings and forerunner of the  Quonset hut.\nToday corrugated sheet metal has  proved invaluable in relief work and is used so  often as roofing in the developing world that it can lay claim to shelter more people from the  elements than any other building material. But  the big surprise comes as architects around the  world rediscover the virtues of this durable,  biodegradable, and environmentally sound  material, sufficiently versatile to create  unique works of architecture and to house  thousands in disaster zones. It answers the  needs of both high-tech aesthetics and low-tech  aspirations for affordability and ease of  construction, as demonstrated by such  cutting-edge architects as Will Bruder and  Lake\/Flato Architects in the United States;  Glenn Murcutt in Australia; Rem Koolhaas,  Nicholas Grimshaw, and Foreign Office Architects in Europe; and Shuhei Endo in Japan.\nWhether the appeal lies in nostalgia for rain on rusting tin  roofs or in the sophistication of contemporary  architecture, corrugated iron deserves to be  taken seriously. It has a long and fascinating  history and a future as bright as its past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Holloway\u003c\/b\u003e is an engineer and an expert in architectural restoration. He lives in Shropshire, England, and is the author of a prize-winning historical atlas of breeding birds. His great passion is researching and communicating the history of corrugated iron.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Mornement\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor specializing in the history of design and contemporary architecture. His books include \u003ci\u003eExtensions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreehouses\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNo Longer Notorious\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553417875617,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780393732405","price":67.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780393732405.jpg?v=1781730262","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/corrugated-iron-hardcover-by-adam-mornement-simon-holloway","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}