STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE

Structural Design for Architecture

Fig. 1.9 Multi-storey

loadbearing-wall structure.

In this arrangement the

floors and roof of the build-

ing are carried by the walls.

The structural sections give

an indication of the action of

the walls in response to

gravitational and wind

loading. The plan arrange-

ment of the walls must be

such as to provide good

structural performance and

the plan-form must be

maintained through all

levels. These are constraints

which must be accepted

during the internal planning

of this type of building.

Fig. 1.10 Housing,

Gogarloch Syke, Edinburgh,

Scotland, 1996. E. & F.

McLachlan, architects. These

houses are good examples of

panel structures in loadbear-

ing masonry. | Photo: Keith

Hunter; copyright: E. & F.

McLachlan |

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