STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE

Reinforced concrete structures

Fig. 4.16 Florey Building, Oxford, England, 1971. lames
Stirling, architect, F.J.Samuely & Partners, structural
engineers. The stairs which protrude from the inwardly
canted rear wall of the Florey Building provide a good
illustration of the type of complexity which the mouldabil-
ity and structural continuity of a reinforced concrete struc-
ture allow (Photo: P. Macdonald).

Fig. 4.17 Willis, Faber and Dumas office, Ipswich,

England 1974. Foster Associates, architects, Anthony Hunt,

structural engineer. The curvilinear plan, cantilevered floor

slabs and transparent walls of this building give architec-

tural expression to the structural properties of reinforced

concrete (Photo: Alastair Hunter).