STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE

Structural design for achitecture

Fig. 2.7 Plan of the Winslow House, River Forest, near Chicago, USA, 1893. Frank Lloyd
Wright, architect. The open plan of the Winslow House is accommodated within a
conventional arrangement of parallel loadbearing walls (see Fig 5.23) with lintel beams
spanning the large openings between the principal spaces. The small scale of the build-
ing together with the relatively large areas of vertical structure which are provided have
allowed the open interior to be achieved without the use of an expensive framework
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