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 book. and especially to the Ove Arup Partnership,
These are too numerous for all to be George Balcombe, Sir Norman Foster and
mentioned individually, but special thanks are Partners, Paul H. Gleye, Pat Hunt, Tony Hunt,
due to the following: Stephen Gibson for his the late Alastair Hunter, Jill Hunter, Denys
excellent line drawings, the staff of Lasdun Peter Softley and Associates, Ewan and
Architectural Press for their hard work in Fiona McLachlan, Dr Rowland J. Mainstone and
producing the book, particularly Neil Warnock- the Maritime Trust. I am also grateful to the
Smith, Zoë Youd and Sarah Leatherbarrow. I British Standards Institution for permission to
would also like to thank the staff and students reproduce tables,
of the Department of Architecture at the Finally, I should like to thank my wife
University of Edinburgh for the many helpful Patricia Macdonald for her encouragement and
discussions which I have had with them on the support and for her valuable contributions to
topics covered in this book. the preparation of the manuscript and
Illustrations, other than those illustrations,
commissioned especially for the book, are
individually credited in their captions. Thanks Angus Macdonald
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