Cantilever architecture / Kyoung Sun Moon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moon, Kyoung Sun, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cantilevers.

Structural design.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Cantilever Architecture shows you how to integrate cantilever designs into your building from conception, to help you create support-free structures without the need for columns or walls, whether for balconies, stairs, to occupy the air rights of the lot next door, or to build super tall buildings. The book includes 78 built case studies in 22 countries on 5 continents to illustrate various systems and their load carrying mechanisms at different scales. Includes an appendix on cantilevered furniture and more than 240 black and white images"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Horizontal cantilever. Cantilevered furniture ; Cantilevered building components ; Cantilevered buildings

Vertial cantilevers. Structural system for tall buildings ; Damping systems for tall buildings ; Lateral load resisting systems for complex-shaped tall buildings.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 06, 2020)

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781315561448

9781317201366

9781317201373

9781317201359

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.