Structure and Architecture 3rd Edition

Description

This thoroughly updated edition of Angus J. Macdonald’s insightful book Structure and Architecture offers an in depth analysis of structural design and its relationship with architecture. It draws on clear explanations of the connections between structural form, structural performance and architectural design to explore the interface between the technical and the visual in architecture. Additional chapters in this new edition cover the fields of structural theory, structural philosophy, the contributions of prominent engineers to the evolution of Modern architecture, and the concept and practice of sustainable design. Fully illustrated, this critical appraisal of structures is a core-curriculum text for students of architecture, structural engineering and architectural history, and is also a valuable resource for practitioners of these disciplines.

CONTENTS

• 1. The relationship of structure to building
• 2. Structural requirements
• 3. Structural materials
• 4. The archetypes of structural form – the relationship between structural form and structural efficiency
• 5. Complete structural arrangements
• 6. The critical appraisal of structures
• 7. Theory of structures
• 8. Philosophy of structures and its relationship to architectural theory in the Modern period
• 9. The engineers – their role in developing the imagery of Modern architecture
• 10. Structure and architecture
• 11. Structure and sustainability
• 12. Glossary of structural terms 13. Selected bibliography

350 pages, 276 Color Illus. / 19 x 24,5 cm / English