Lifted
Title | Lifted PDF eBook |
Author | Andreas Bernard |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2014-02-14 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0814787169 |
Before skyscrapers forever transformed the landscape of the modern metropolis, the conveyance that made them possible had to be created. Invented in New York in the 1850s, the elevator became an urban fact of life on both sides of the Atlantic by the early twentieth century. While it may at first glance seem a modest innovation, it had wide-ranging effects, from fundamentally restructuring building design to reinforcing social class hierarchies by moving luxury apartments to upper levels, previously the domain of the lower classes. The cramped elevator cabin itself served as a reflection of life in modern growing cities, as a space of simultaneous intimacy and anonymity, constantly in motion. In this elegant and fascinating book, Andreas Bernard explores how the appearance of this new element changed notions of verticality and urban space. Transforming such landmarks as the Waldorf-Astoria and Ritz Tower in New York, he traces how the elevator quickly took hold in large American cities while gaining much slower acceptance in European cities like Paris and Berlin. Combining technological and architectural history with the literary and cinematic, Bernard opens up new ways of looking at the elevator--as a secular confessional when stalled between floors or as a recurring space in which couples fall in love. Rising upwards through modernity, Lifted takes the reader on a compelling ride through the history of the elevator.
Elevators 101
Title | Elevators 101 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781937689148 |
Systems Engineering of Elevators
Title | Systems Engineering of Elevators PDF eBook |
Author | J. P. Andrew |
Publisher | Elevator World, Incorporated |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 2011-01-01 |
Genre | Elevators |
ISBN | 9781886536951 |
Elevators
Title | Elevators PDF eBook |
Author | Tracy Maurer |
Publisher | Engineering Wonders |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781683424628 |
We would not have skyscrapers without the modern elevator. Learn all about elevators and how they work. This book supports NGSS standards for Engineering Design.
Elevators 101
Title | Elevators 101 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Elevator World Inc |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Elevators |
ISBN | 1886536732 |
Basic overview of elevator systems, equipment and technology. Covers elevator systems and codes, types of equipment and technology, and elevator terminology.
Elevator and Escalator Rescue
Title | Elevator and Escalator Rescue PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore Lee Jarboe |
Publisher | Fire Engineering Books |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1593700768 |
Contins important information for technical rescue members, training officers, and fire company members. Details the risks involved in elevator and escalator rescues and how to face them correctly.
An Introduction to Specification of Elevators for Professional Engineers
Title | An Introduction to Specification of Elevators for Professional Engineers PDF eBook |
Author | J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A. |
Publisher | Guyer Partners |
Pages | 39 |
Release | 2022-11-07 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN |
Introductory technical guidance for mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, structural engineers, architectural engineers and construction managers interested in specification of elevators for buildings. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. PLANNING AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, 3. ARCHITECTURE, 4. STRUCTURAL, 5. MECHANICAL, 6. ELECTRICAL, 7. FIRE PROTECTION, 8. BEST PRACTICES.