Structure As Architecture: A Source Book for Architects and Structural Engineers

By Andrew W. Charleson (Author)

Publish Date: August 19, 2005

Language: English

Dimensions: 7.25 x 0.5 x 9.5 inches

ISBN-10: 750665270

ISBN-13: 978-0750665278

Print Length: 228 pages

Structure As Architecture provides readers with an accessible insight into the relationship between structure and architecture, focusing on the design principles that relate to both fields. Over one hundred case studies of contemporary buildings from countries across the globe including the UK, the US, France, Germany, Spain, Hong Kong and Australia are interspersed throughout the book. The author has visited and photographed each of these examples and analyzed them to show how structure plays a significant architectural role, as well as bearing loads. This is a highly illustrated sourcebook, providing a new insight into the role of structure, and discussing the point where the technical and the aesthetic meet to create the discipline of ‘architecture’. The book presents a comprehensive analysis of how building structure contributes to architecture, connects architectural design ideas and structure in the context of contemporary architecture, materials and structure, and is highly illustrated, providing a sourcebook of architectural and engineering design ideas.