Structures and Architecture
eBook - ePub

Structures and Architecture

New concepts, applications and challenges

  1. 592 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Structures and Architecture

New concepts, applications and challenges

About this book

Although the disciplines of architecture and structural engineering have both experienced their own historical development, their interaction has resulted in many fascinating and delightful structures. To take this interaction to a higher level, there is a need to stimulate the inventive and creative design of architectural structures and to persua

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of contents
  6. Preface
  7. Conference organization
  8. Non financial sponsors
  9. Keynote Lectures
  10. Technical Contributions: Mini-symposia & special sessions
  11. On the “tectonics” in architecture—between aesthetics and ethics
  12. Structural glass: Crossing borders
  13. From open structures to the cladding of control: A critical call for current tectonic theories and practices in architecture
  14. From new tools and methods towards new tasks and ideals: The impact of technology and science in the post-war era
  15. Innovation in reciprocal structures
  16. Innovation in timber
  17. Principles in practice for the analysis, conservation and structural restoration of architectural heritage
  18. Building envelopes
  19. Computer and digital design tools
  20. Comprehension and complex forms
  21. Concrete and masonry structures
  22. Emerging technologies
  23. Innovative architectural and structural design
  24. Interdisciplinary work and educating architects and structural engineers
  25. Lightweight and membrane structures
  26. Special structures
  27. The borderline between architecture and structural engineering
  28. The history of the relationship between architects and structural engineers
  29. The tectonic of architectural solutions
  30. The use of new materials
  31. Timber structures