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Prefabricated Buildings

Date released

1966

Series name

Calendar

Issue no

164

NoS ID

323990

Story no

8 / 10

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Framed in Steel (1985 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min., 1995 sale: £30.00 (inclusive)

Shows the building of an office and a warehouse in steel. The elements are prefabricated in order to accelerate the construction time. Looks specifically at various technical details, giving an idea of the...

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Computer-Aided Building Design (1966 Film)

Director

Trevor A Scott

Subject

Architecture; Information technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows how a computer equipped with a cathode ray display tube and a photoelectric light pen can be programmed to assist the architect in the design and planning of prefabricated buildings. Units representing...

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Hilton: Palacio del Rio (1968 Film)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The 21-storey Hilton Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, was built in nine months. This short construction time was made possible by pre-casting each room unit at a nearby pre-casting yard. Before being...

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