ABPL Australian Building Analysis

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1 ABPL Australian Building Analysis reinforced concrete

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3 competing systems

4 Lamington Bridge over the Mary River, Maryborough, by Alfred Brady, A W Buel & C S Hill, Reinforced Concrete Construction (2nd ed, London 1906 [1904]), p 209

5 Lamington Bridge, Queensland Constructional Review, L,4 (November 1977)

6 expanded d metal

7 expanded metal: view; manufacturing process Some Particulars Concerning 'Expanded Metal', its Production ad Uses in Fire- Proof and Other Building Construction, &c (London 1897 [New York 1896]), p 7, fig 1 International Library of Technology, Stone and Brick; Cementing Materials and Mortar; Stone and Brick Masonry; Plain Concrete; Reinforced Concrete; Foundations; Retaining Walls; Culverts; Tunnels; Dams; Introduction to Construction Drawing [volume 34D] (Scranton [Pennsylvania] 1922 [ ]), 45, p 11

8 expanded metal used as lathing for plaster J J Cosgrove [ed W S Lowndes], Fireproofing of Buildings(Scranton [Pennsylvania] 1919), p 73

9 Challis House, Martin Place, Sydney, by Robertson & Marks in conjunction with W L Vernon, Government Architect, 1907 view under construction, with Elliott McLean & Co's expanded steel Building, I,1 (September 1907), p 21

10 South Melbourne Gasworks, by P C Holmes Hunt, engineer laying the lower slab foundation raft; filling the void with site waste; laying the upper slab Building, I, 4 (14 December 1907), p 36; I, 5 (18 January 1908), p 53

11 Borthwick meat works, Brooklyn, by C A D'Ebro: laying concrete on expanded metal Building, I, 4 (14 December 1907), p 35

12 Borthwicks: the Fertiliser House, by C A D'Ebro Building, I, 3 (21 November 1907), p 31

13 Borthwicks the Sheep and Lamb Dressing Floor slab visible from the undercroft Miles Lewis

14 Borthwicks: detail of the expanded metal Miles Lewis

15 Borthwicks: the interstitial space Miles Lewis

16 52 Clarke Street, Port Melbourne an interlocking lath house, with the lathing exposed as a vent above the entrance Miles Lewis

17 the Hennebique system as patented in the United Kingdom, 1897 Cowan, Science and Building, p 37

18 reinforced concrete techniques according to Hennebique

19 concrete building, 'Golf Hill', Shelford, c : detail of column head Miles Lewis

20 concrete building, 'Golf Hill', Shelford, c Miles Lewis

21 the Monier system

22 sewage aqueducts, Johnstone's and White's Creek [Forest Lodge], NSW, by W J Baltzer, built by Carter, Gummow & Co, 1896 contemporary view modern view at Forest Lodge Constructional Review, L, 4 (November 1977), p 14 Miles Lewis

23 Forest Lodge sewage aqueduct, detail Miles Lewis

24 Morrell or Botanical Bridge, Anderson Street, South Yarra, by W J Baltzer, supervised by J T N Anderson of Monash & Anderson, 1899 Miles Lewis

25 Fyansford Bridge, by J T N Anderson with W J Baltzer & Richard Taylor, : view during construction, August-September 1899 Cazaly's Contract Reporter, 12 September 1899

26 Fyansford Bridge, modern view Miles Lewis

27 Booth St bridge, Bendigo, by Monash & Anderson, : 1: turning the arch; testing University of Melbourne Archives, Reinforced Concrete & Monier Pipe Co Collection, BWP/23798 & 23797

28 the collapsed King's Bridge, Bendigo, by Monash & Anderson, University of Melbourne Archives, Reinforced Concrete & Monier Pipe Co Collection, BWP/23802

29 bridge over Ford's Creek, Mansfield, by J F Cleeland, engineer, c 1907 Building, I,4 (14 December 1907), p 37

30 Hindmarsh Railway Bridge, Victor Harbour, South Australia, by John Monash of the Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Co, during construction Building, I, 5 (18 January 1908), p 55

31 Hi d h R il B id Hindmarsh Railway Bridge Building, I,5 (18 January 1908), p 54

32 Monier lighthouse in Sydney Harbour, by Gummow & Forrest: sinking the cylinder and placing the upper stage Building, I,6 (18 February 1908), pp 66, 65

33 Monier lighthouse in Sydney y Harbour Building, I, 4 (14 December 1907), p 37

34 A t li M t L d & Fi C W l St B d St t K i t Australian Mortgage Land & Finance Co Wool Store, Boyd Street, Kensington, by Purchas & Teague (c ), c : cross-section, 30 January 1907 Monier Co file 605, MU Archives

35 Kelly & Jones Factory, Greensburg PA, by E L Ransome, Peter Collins, Concrete, the Vision of a new Architecture (London 1959), pl 12B

36 Ernest L Ransome's s patent edge-beam construction, USA, 1902 E L Ransome & Alexis Saurbrey, Reinforced Concrete Buildings (New York 1912), pl 12

37 2 & 3 Oliver Lane, Melbourne, by John Monash of the Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Company, : from the east Miles Lewis

38 2 & 3 Oliver Lane: view from the west or Oliver Lane side Miles Lewis

39 2 & 3 Oliver Lane, Melbourne, by John Monash of the Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe Construction Company, : basement Miles Lewis

40 Bank Place Chambers, Bank Place, Melbourne, by Tunbridge &,,, y g Tunbridge, 1906: contemporary & modern views Clements Langford Collection, Melbourne University Archives; Miles Lewis

41 Bank Place Chambers, view in the basement and sketch of the structural form Miles Lewis

42 Telephone Exchange, 447 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, by PWD, c : sketch for sawtooth, 9 July 1907 Monier Co file 741, MU Archives, copied ML 1983

43 roof light at the Australian College of Dentistry, Spring St, Melbourne, 1906 Alan Holgate

44 Kither's Building, King William St, Adelaide, by Garlick & Johnson, engineer John Monash, 1907: contemporary view illustration supplied by Paul Stark

45 Kither's Building, detail of drawing John Thomas collection

46 reinforced concrete porch, 'Chastleton', Toorak, by George de Lacy Evans, c 1907 Building, I, 4 (14 December 1907), p 41

47 George Higgins house, 4 Ray Street, Beaumaris, by Higgins & John Monash, 1912 [demolished c 1999] Miles Lewis

48 Vestey's Meat Works, Darwin, by C A D'Ebro (1913) : side of the tank Miles Lewis

49 Vestey's Meat Works section of a buttress Miles Lewis

50 Darwin High School gymnasium: converted from half of the Vestey's tank Miles Lewis

51 HRC Crawford and the Turner System

52 Lindeke-Warner building, St Paul, Minnesota, by C A P Turner, C W Condit, American Building Art, the Twentieth Century (New York 1961), pl 74

53 a Turner slab being laid at the Larimer Street Bridge on Cherry Creek, Denver, USA courtesy David Beauchamp

54 Lindeke-Warner building, slab reinforcement Condit, American Building Art, the Twentieth Century, p 169

55 Turner's Australian Patent, 1906 no 7296/06 to C A P Turner, 7 November 1906

56 Sniders & Abrahams Building, Drewery Lane, Melbourne, by H R Crawford, : detail showing reinforcement Miles Lewis

57 Sniders & Abrahams, reinforcement being placed Building, 11 June 1910, p 59

58 Sniders & Abrahams, interior view of the top floor Building, 11 June 1910, p 60

59 Sniders & Abrahams, modern view of columns Miles Lewis

60 Sniders & Abrahams, old and modern views (from in front of the State t Library) Building, 11 June 1910,,p 57

61 1121 Dandenong Road, East Malvern, by H R Crawford, 1912 Miles Lewis

62 the Kahn bar

63 the domed reading room of the Public Library, Swanston Street, Melbourne, by Bates, Peebles & Smart, : Miles Lewis

64 domed reading room of the Public Library contemporary view State Library of Victoria

65 Public Library dome: part-section as designed by John Monash, 1908 reinforcing by the Trussed Concrete Steel Co John Thomas collection; D A L Saunders, 'The Reinforced Concrete Dome of the Melbourne Public Library, 1911', Architectural Science Review, II, 1 (March 1959), p 44

66 Public Library, view of the ground floor Miles Lewis

67 Kahn bar, diagram, and used as reinforcement in a continuous beam International Library of Technology, vol 34D, Stone and Brick, &c (Scranton [Pennsylvania] 1922 [ ]), 45, pp 19, 15

68 Kahn bar reinforcement, isometric diagram International Library of Technology, Stone &c, 45, p 15

69 Elli tt M l & C d ti t f E d d M t l Elliott Maclean & Co advertisement for Expanded Metal, and the Kahn Trussed Bar System Walter Jeffries, The Australian Building Estimator (Sydney 1907), p 41

70 Public Library Monier beam reinforcement as designed by Monash Kahn reinforcement as used John Thomas collection Truscon: the First Fifty Years: a Short History of The Trussed Concrete Steel Company Limited, (London 1957), p 7

71 E G Stone and the Considère system

72 the Hon G H Green house, Iandra NSW, by E G Stone, 1910 view of the bachelors' quarters during construction and on completion Building, 12 March 1910, pp 73, 75

73 James Minifie silos, West Melbourne, by E G Stone, 1910 Miles Lewis

74 Minifie silos: close view & detail Miles Lewis

75 the Considère system as used in columns the Considère system as used in columns International Library of Technology, Stone &c, 45, p 22; W N Twelvetrees, Concrete-Steel (c 1907), p 205, figs 70, 71, 72

76 Dennys Lascelles Austin & Co Wool store, Clare, Corio & Brougham Streets, Geelong, by E G Stone (1909) exposed reinforcement in strut, compared with a Considère column Miles Lewis

77 the Considère system used in a haunched beam after Frederick Rings, Reinforced Concrete Theory and Practice (London 1910), p 135

78 Dennys Lascelles Building reinforcing bars for column News of the Week, 321 (2 November e s o t e ee, 3 ( o e be 1911), p 16

79 test bridge, Ivry, France, by Considère, 1903 C F Marsh & William Dunn, Reinforced Concrete (London 1905 [1904]), p 563

80 railway bridge over the Sée at Avranches, before 1910 Rings, Reinforced Concrete, pp 58-9, fig 80

81 railway bridge over the Sée at Avranches, before 1910 Rings, Reinforced Concrete, pp 58-9, fig 80 Dennys Lascelles Austin building forming the top chord News of the Week no 331 (2 News of the Week, no 331 (2 November 1911), p 16

82 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: the roof nearing completion News of the Week, no 331 (2 November 1911), p 16

83 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: positioning the sawtooth lights Dennys Lascelles photo

84 Dennys Lascelles Austin building raising a roof panel Dennys Lascelles photo

85 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: assembling roof panels Dennys Lascelles photo

86 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: the show floor with roof propped Dennys Lascelles photo

87 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: forming the top chord News of the Week, no 331 (2 November 1911), p 16

88 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: view of truss pair 5 & 6 Miles Lewis

89 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: view with props removed Dennys Lascelles photo

90 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: general view of the show floor News of the Week, no 331(2 November 1911), p 16

91 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: the show floor with props Miles Lewis

92 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: underside of the roof panels Miles Lewis

93 Dennys Lascelles Austin building north end of a truss Miles Lewis

94 Dennys Lascelles Austin building, form of the hogback girder Miles Lewis

95 Dennys Lascelles Austin building: from the north-east corner Miles Lewis

96 demolition of the Dennys Lascelles Austin building, May 1990 Miles Lewis

97 'Ambleside', 7 Windermere Avenue, Baulkham Hills, Sydney Miles Lewis

98 'Ambleside': detail of front wall Dennys Lascelles Austin building, underside of roof Miles Lewis

99 'Ambleside': detail of exposed reinforcement Miles Lewis

100 Barwon Sewage Aqueduct, as proposed by John Monash, 1912 John Thomas collection

101 Barwon Sewage Aqueduct, by Stone & Siddely (1912) Constructional Review, L, 4 (November 1977), p 17

102 Barwon Sewage Aqueduct Miles Lewis

103 Barwon Sewage Aqueduct, detail of the original drawing Geelong Waterworks and Sewerage Trust

104 Barwon Sewerage Aqueduct Forth Bridge, Scotland, by John Fowler & Benjamin Baker, Miles Lewis; Warwick Sheffield

105 Breakwater, Glenelg, l SA, by Stone & Siddely from 1916: assembling the wave screen ribs on the caissons as abandoned courtesy Dean Pickering

106 the British Australasian Tobacco building collapse

107 British Australasian Tobacco Company building, Swanston St, by F J Davies, 1925: the Swanston St frontage, and the collapse on the Stewart St frontage Lyle Fowler [photo, State Library of Victoria H92.20/7765, Adelaide Advertiser, 27 April 1925, p 12

108 the Innes-Bell system

109 the Republic System, USA F E Kidder & Thomas Nolan The Architects' and Builders' F E Kidder & Thomas Nolan, The Architects and Builders Handbook (17th ed, Wiley, New York 1921 [1884]), p 954

110 Sturtevant & Bedford Factory, Melbourne, on the Innes Bell system, before 1925 Applications of the B.R.C. System of Reinforced Concrete Construction (1925), p 164

111 construction of Brandt's Garage, Woolloomooloo, NSW, on the Innes-Bell system, 1925 Constructional Review, L, 4 (November 1977), p 39

112 the Innes-Bell system C E Mayes, The Australian Builders and Contractors' Price Book (9th ed, Sydney 1927), p 146

113 O ll G D li h t th I B ll t d t d Orwell Garage, Darlinghurst, on the Innes-Bell system, undated Mayes, Australian Builders Price Book (1927), advertisements, p 11

114 Manchester Unity Oddfellows Building ('Jensen House'), Swanston Street, Melbourne, by Marcus Barlow, c Miles Lewis

115 J H d t il th f i th fl Jensen House: details on the of ninth floor Miles Lewis

116 Kairi maize silos, Atherton, Queensland, c 1924: slipform construction underway

117 Kairi maize silos during construction

118 Kairi maize silos, Atherton, Queensland, c 1924

119 the Fowler system

120 walls of concrete houses being cast on steel trays Barnett & Burt, Housing the Australian Nation, p 32

121 precast houses on the Fowler system, Fishermen's Bend Barnett & Burt, Housing the Australian Nation, p 32

122 Housing Commission of Victoria i flats, Lygon Street, Carlton, 1960s Miles Lewis

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