Developments in the architecture of earthquake resistant high-rise buildings in the period from the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century

摘要

This paper studies the influence of building structural systems and the usage of new materials such as iron, steel and reinforced concrete on the developments in the architecture of earthquake resistant high-rise buildings in the period from the end of the 18th to the start of the 20th century. The paper chronologically analyses and presents a few selected building examples that presented a novelty from the structural or architectural point of view at that time. Special importance is given to the examples where some architects or constructors from the 19th century were able to determine the architecture based just on the principles of structural logics.