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Architects + Engineers = Structures
Ivan Margolius
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Description for Architects + Engineers = Structures
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 104 pages, plans. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 218 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Academy Press
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780471498254
SKU
V9780471498254
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Ivan Margolius
IVAN MARGOLIUS is an architect and the author of a number of articles and books on architecture and design including Cubism in Architecture and the Applied Arts (1979), Prague - a guide to twentieth-century architecture (1994, 1996), Joze Plecnik - Church of the Sacred Heart (1995) and Automobiles by Architects (2000).
Reviews for Architects + Engineers = Structures
"...both engaging and intelligent..." (Blueprint, June 2002) "…excellent illustrations…fascinating photographs…a thought-provoking addition to the architect / engineer debate…" (B, D & E, Third Quarter 2002)