STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE

STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE ANGUS J MACDONALD ...

Structural Design for Architecture Angus J. Macdonald Architectural Press ...

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Contents Foreword vii Preface ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Structure and architecture 1 1.1 The role of structure in architecture 1 ...

Angus Macdonald states that this book is symbolised and high tech (i.e. celebrated or primarily for architects. In my view it is ...

The architect who considers him or herself to be an artist, dealing through the medium of built form with the philosophical preo ...

1 would like to thank the many people who are due to all those who supplied illustrations have assisted me in the making of this ...

Chapter 1 Structure and architecture 1.1 The role of structure in architecture The final form which is adopted for a work of arc ...

Structural Design for Architecture Fig. 1.2 Crown Hall, 1IT, Chicago, USA, 1952-56. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect. This bu ...

Structure and architecture Fig. 1.3 HongkongBank Headquarters, Hong Kong, 1979-84. Foster Associates, architects. The structure ...

Structural Design for Architecture 1 .2 Structural requirements therefore exert a significant influence, overt or hidden, on the ...

Fig. 1.6 Force system in a building's structure. The gravi- tational load on the roof is conducted, via the roof truss and the w ...

Structural Design for Architecture of structure is that the horizontal elements are subjected to bending-type internal forces un ...

Structure and architecture Fig. 1.8 Nenfeldweg Housing, Graz, Austria, 1984-88. Gunther Domenig, architect. The structure of thi ...

Structural Design for Architecture Fig. 1.9 Multi-storey loadbearing-wall structure. In this arrangement the floors and roof of ...

Structure and architecture 1.3.2 Vaults and domes Vaults and domes are structure types in which the dominant feature is an upwar ...

Structural Design for Architecture Fig. 1.12 Building for IBM Europe travelling exhibition. Renzo Piano, architect/engineer, Ove ...

Structure and architecture complicated to construct. Combined-action structures are therefore used in situations in which interm ...

Structural Design for Architecture 12 Fig. 1.14 Palmerston Special School, Liverpool, England, 1973-76 (demolished 1989). Foster ...

Structure and architecture Fig. 1.15 The high strength of steel allows the creation of structures with very slender elements. In ...