Architects + engineers = structures : a book that celebrates well-known designers Paxton, Torroja, Nervi, Saarinen, Buckminster Fuller, Le Corbusier, Niemeyer, Arup, Hunt and Foster, and the lesser-known such as Polivka, Glickman, Kornacker, Cardozo, Zetlin and Strasky / Ivan Margolius.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Margolius, Ivan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture.

Architects.

Physical Description:

104 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Architects and engineers equal structures

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Academy, 2002.

Summary:

This book applauds the union of architecture and engineering both today and throughout the history of building and construction. The relationship between the two fields is multifaceted. Some architects may have had an engineering background, and some engineers have experience of architecture. Some unacknowledged engineers have stood modestly behind great architects, and a number of architects have been encouraged and supported by their engineer-collaborators in designing structures that appear to defy gravity. Architects + Engineers = Structures focuses on the ideal: on a cohesive building design team where the members contribute equally, resulting in unique and exceptional designs. These are architects and engineers who entice beauty into buildings not just with lines on paper and calculations but with intuition, innovation and feeling for the needs of people, materials, strength, proportion, lightness and elegance.

Contents:

A Celebration of Architects-Engineers 20

Medieval Cathedral Architects 21

Filippo Brunelleschi and the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore 22

Thomas Telford, The Menai Bridge 23

Decimus Burton, Richard Turner, The Palm House 24

Joseph Paxton, Charles Fox (Fox Henderson & Co), Crystal Palace 26

Antonio Gaudi, Church of the Sagrada Familia 28

William Le Baron Jenney, John Wellborn Root, Chicago Skyscrapers 30

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin, Emile Nougier, Stephen Sauvestre, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, The Eiffel Tower 31

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Concert Hall Project 32

Auguste Perret and reinforced concrete 33

Eugene Freyssinet, Airship Hangars 34

Vladimir Tatlin, Monument to the Third International 36

Albert Laprade, Leon Bazin, Jean Prouve, Etablissements Citroen, Garage Marbeuf, Glass facade 37

Carlos Arniches, Martin Dominguez, Eduardo Torroja y Miret, Zarzuela Hippodrome 38

Pier Luigi Nervi, Aircraft Hangars 40

Frank Lloyd Wright, Mendel Glickman, S.C. Johnson & Son Administration Building; and Frank Lloyd Wright, Jaroslav J. Polivka, Laboratory Tower 41

Robert Maillart, Cement Hall 44

Ero Saarinen, Fred N. Severud, Hannskarl Bandel, Jefferson Memorial Arch 45

Richard Buckminster Fuller, Geodesic and Tensegrity Domes 46

Philip Powell, Hidalgo Moya, Felix J. Samuely, The Skylon 49

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank J. Kornacker, Convention Hall 50

Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Joaquim Cardozo, Brasilia 53

Le Corbusier, Yannis Xenakis, H.C. Duyster, C.G.J. Vreedenburgh, Philips Pavilion 55

Jorn Utzon, Ove Arup & Partners, Opera House 56

Guillermo Rosell, Manuel Larrosa, Felix Candela, Chapel 58

Konrad Wachsmann, Space Structure 60

Bertrand Goldberg, Frank J. Kornacker, Bertold E. Weinberg, Fred N. Severud, Hannskarl Bandel, Marina City 62

Gerhon & Seltzer, Lev Zetlin, Memorial Auditorium 64

Kenzo Tange, Yoshikatsu Tsuboi, Mamoru Kawaguchi, Olympic Swimming Pool Arena and Olympic Boxing and Basketball Arena 66

Cedric Price, Frank Newby, Anthony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon), Zoo Aviary 67

Myron Goldsmith, Alfred Picardi, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Solar Telescope 68

Rolf Gutbrod, Frei Otto, Cable Net Roof, German Exhibition Pavilion 69

Piano & Rogers, Ove Arup & Partners, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou 70

Joerg Schlaich, Dry Cooling Tower, Schmehausen Nuclear Power Plant 71

Jiri Strasky, Stress-Ribbon Bridges 75

Richard Rogers and Partners, Anthony Hunt Associates, Inmos Microchip Facility 79

Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, Anthony Hunt Associates, Waterloo International Terminal 80

Eva Jiricna, Matthew Wells, Tim Macfarlane, Glass Staircases 82

Foster Associates, Ove Arup & Partners, MC-2 Julio Martinez Calzon, Torre de Collserola 83

Santiago Calatrava, Buro Happold, Dennis Sharp, Trinity Bridge 85

Future Systems, Ove Arup & Partners, Lord's Media Centre 86

Lifschutz Davidson, Matthew Wells (Techniker), Pedestrian Bridge 88

David Marks, Julia Barfield, Babtie Allott & Lomax, Hollandia, British Airways London Eye 89

Wilkinson Eyre, Whitby, Bird & Partners, Challenge of Materials Footbridge 90

And there were others ... 91

Inspiration for the Future 93.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-101) and index.

ISBN:

0471498254

OCLC:

49914210