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Structure and architecture
- Title
- Structure and architecture / Angus J. Macdonald.
- Author
- MacDonald, Angus J., 1925-
- Publication
- Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth Architecture, 1994.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Book/Text | Use in library | TA658.2 .M32 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 131 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- This textbook explains the basic principles of structure in architecture and describes the ranges of structure as in current use. It links these topics directly with the activity of architectural design and criticism. The author deals with structures in a holistic way.
- Alternative Title
- Structure & architecture.
- Subject
- Note
- Cover title: Structure & architecture.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. relationship of structure to building -- 2. Structural requirements -- 3. Structural materials -- 4. relationship between structural form and structural efficiency -- 5. Complete structural arrangements -- 6. critical appraisal of structures -- 7. Structure and architecture -- App. 1. Simple two-dimensional force systems and static equilibrium -- App. 2. Stress and strain -- App. 3. concept of statical determinacy.
- ISBN
- 0750617985
- 9780750617987
- LCCN
- 94001101
- OCLC
- ocm29703812
- 29703812
- SCSB-2031480
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library