Architectural engineering. With special reference to high building construction, including many examples of Chicago office buildings (1895)
Freitag, Joseph Kendall · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 75
i Fig. 25. Montauk Building, Chicago (1881). The latter may be saidto have been the first building of modern design in Chicago.The arches were 6 inches deep, with a span of 3 to 4 feet.But as these forms still left the lower flanges of the I beamsunprotected, they were soon superseded by the type… … Fig. 26. in Fig. 26. This arch was used in the Home InsuranceBuilding, Chicago (1884), the tile being 9 inches deep and6 foot span. This was the first instance in which the beamsoffits were protected against fire by anything more thanplaster; and as many of the features in this arch are…
Building, Iron and steel
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