Construction of Church Roofs in the Brussels Capital Region, 1830-1930: Ahead of Technology? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Although churches are not the first building typology one thinks of when discussing structural innovation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, previous research has revealed the innovative use of new materials in churches. As early as 1813-16, three churches were built in Liverpool with entirely cast-iron internal structures; in 1840-45, engineer Émile Martin and locksmith Théophile Mignon combined cast and wrought iron to rebuild ...