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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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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