General editor, Robert Mark, MIT Press, 1993. The book was the result of an NEH sponsored program on technology and the humanities, and later sponsored by the Sloan Foundation. Dr. Robison held an appointment at Princeton University as a Visiting Fellow during the writing of the book. Contributors include Robert Mark, Elwin Robison, Sheila Bonde, Clark Maines, Lynn Courtenay, Rowland Richards, with editorial assistance from Peter Fergusson, Elizabeth Smith, and Leonard Van Gulick.
BYU Press, 1997. The first permanent building constructed by members of the Mormon faith, it was one of the largest buildings in the Connecticut Western Reserve of Ohio when it was completed in 1833. The book discusses the planning and construction of the building, as well as the later alterations that have been made to the structure.
It won the Western Reserve Award from the Western Reserve Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, and a special citation from the Mormon History Association.
BYU Press, 2014.
When completed in 1867 the Salt Lake Tabernacle featured the longest interior clear span of any building in North America. Completed two years before the railroad arrived in the Great Basin, it was constructed of local stone and timber by craftsmen without specialized engineering skills.
Builders faced severe economic challenges, and it was constructed largely by volunteer labor. Iron for nails was scavanged from old wagons and equipment, timber was cut in the surrounding mountains, and stone was quarried in the nearby canyons. The building remains in used today for religious services, concerts, and civic uses.