by Roma Agrawal
Roma Agrawal, February 2018
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INDEX
Page numbers in italic refer to the illustrations
3D printing here, here, here
9/11 here
Abbey Mills Sewage Treatment Works, London here, here
acanthus leaves here
acceleration, of sway here
Acropolis, Athens here
Acton, London here, here
Admiralty here
adobe here
aeroplanes here, here
aggregates here, here
air gaps, fire prevention here
akasha here
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Japan here
Alexander the Great here
Anatolia here, here
Andronicus of Cyrrhus here
Angel of Independence victory column, Mexico City here
aqueducts here, here, here, here, here, here
aquifers here, here
Arabian Sea here
arches aqueducts here, here, here
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence here
construction here, here
corbelled arches here, here
Derinkuyu here
forces acting on here, here, here, here, here
insulae here
pointed arches here
quadripartite arches here, here
Roman here, here, here, here, here
Archimedes here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Arciniega, Claudio de here, here
Aristotle here
Armageddon (film) here
Armstrong, Lord here
Arnolfo di Cambio here
Arthur, Chester here
ash, volcanic here, here, here
Assyria here
Athens here Acropolis here
Parthenon here
Propylaea here
‘Tower of the Winds’ here, here
atoms here
Atrush, River here
Attenborough, David here
attenuation tanks, sewage here
Augustus, Emperor here
Avignon here
Azerbaijan here
Aztecs here, here, here, here, here, here
Babylon here, here, here
bacteria recycling waste water here, here
‘self-healing’ concrete here
sewage treatment here
baking here
balance, cable-stayed bridges here
balconies here
Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong here
Baroque architecture here
basements, skyscrapers here, here
Basilica Cistern, Istanbul here, here
Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence here
Batman Begins (film) here
Battersea, London here
Bazalgette, Joseph here, here, here, here, here
beams here, here, here, here in ancient architecture here
exoskeletons here
flexing here, here, here, here
shape here
bearings cable-stayed bridges here
earthquake protection here, here
Beckton sewage treatment works, London here, here
beehives here, here
Beijing here
Belgium here
‘the bends’ here
Bénézet, Saint here
Berbers here
Bessemer, Anthony here
Bessemer, Henry here, here
Bessemer Process here, here, here
Bilbao here
biomimicry here, here, here
birds here, here
‘Bird’s Nest’ National Stadium, Beijing here
Black Sea here
boats Falkirk Wheel here, here
The Pontoon here, here, here
sailing here
Boeing aeroplanes here
bolts, tie-systems here
Bombay Stock Exchange here, here
bombs here, here
Bond, James here
bonds, metals here
bone, biomimicry here
Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City here
bouncy bridges here
braces here
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bricks here, here arches here, here
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence here, here
concrete here
Indus Valley Civilisation here
Jericho here
load-bearing structures here
manufacture here
mortar here, here
Roman here, here, here
tunnels here, here, here
Victorian architecture here
bridges here Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Japan here
Brooklyn Bridge, New York here, here, here, here, here
cable-stayed bridges here, here, here, here
construction here
Falkirk Wheel here, here
forces here
Forth Bridge here
foundations here, here, here, here
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco here
graphene here
Ishibune Bridge here, here
London Bridge here, here
Millau Viaduct here, here
movement joints here
Northumbria University Footbridge, Newcastle here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Old London Bridge here, here
piers here, here
Pont d’Avignon here
The Pontoon here, here, here
Quebec Bridge here, here, here
reinforced concrete here
resonance here, here, here
Roman here
rope bridges here
silk bridge here, here
span here
steel here
stress-ribbon bridges here, here
suspension bridges here, here, here, here
Sydney Harbour Bridge here, here, here
and temperature here
3D printing here
trusses here
tuned mass dampers here, here
Britain Beneath Your Feet (documentary) here
British Association here
British Empire here
Bronze Age here
Brooklyn Bridge, New York here, here, here, here, here
Brooklyn Engineers’ Club here
Brunel, Isambard here, here, here, here
Brunel, Marc here, here, here, here
Brunel, Mary here
Brunel, Sophia here, here
Brunelleschi, Filippo here, here, here, here, here, here
