details (Fig. 7.42). Precisely located bolts pass through stainless-steel
plates inserted between timber members. Rods elegantly connect to
and fan out from a plate at a truss apex. The building exterior also fea-
tures notable exposed structural detailing. Small stainless-steel ring-
nodes denote the anchorages of an innovative post-tensioning system
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▲ 7.39 Bracken House, London, England, Michael Hopkins and Partners, 1991. Main
entrance canopy.
▲ 7.40 Refined truss members. ▲ 7.41 Queen’s Building, Cambridge, England, Michael Hopkins and Partners, 1995.
Main façade.
