The Concrete Series was a series of books about the use of
concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bound together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time. It is the second-most-used substance (after water), the most–widely used building material, and the most-manufactur ...
in construction that was published by Concrete Publications Limited of
Dartmouth Street, London, from the 1930s to the 1960s.
History
The Concrete Series was a book series about the use of concrete in construction that was published by Concrete Publications Limited of Dartmouth Street, London, from the 1930s to the 1960s.
The series was published at a time when concrete was increasingly being used in building design and for public works such as road building. The series ran to in excess of 35 titles.
["CONCRETE SERIES" Books on CONCRETE and CEMENT" in W.S. Gray & H.L. Childe. (1948) ''Concrete surface finishes, renderings and terrazzo''. 2nd revised and reprinted edition. London: Concrete Publications. p. 122.]
Later, the series was continued by the
Cement and Concrete Association and
Spon Press, part of
Taylor & Francis
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group.
Titles
This is an incomplete list of titles in the series:
*''Arch design simplified''. W.A. Fairhurst, 1946.
*''Concrete farm silos, granaries and tanks''. A.M. Pennington, 1942.
*''Concrete surface finishes, renderings and terrazzo''. W.S. Gray & H.L. Childe, 1935. (2nd revised edition 1943)
*''Design of arch roofs''. J.S. Terrington, 1937.
*
Design of domes'. J.S. Terrington, 1937. (Reprinted from ''
Concrete and Constructional Engineering'')
*''Design of pyramid roofs''.
J.S. Terrington, 1939.
*''Prestressed concrete designer's handbook'', P.W. Abeles and F.H. Turner, 1962.
*''Reinforced concrete chimneys''. C. Percy Taylor & Leslie Turner, 1940.
See also
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Concrete Quarterly
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Modernist architecture
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References
Construction in the United Kingdom
Series of non-fiction books
Concrete
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