{"product_id":"architects-engineers-structures-isbn-9780471498254","title":"Architects + Engineers = Structures","description":"This book applauds the union of architecture and engineering both today and throughout the history of building and construction.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e Structures featured include:\u003cbr\u003e * dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence\u003cbr\u003e * Church of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona\u003cbr\u003e * Eiffel Tower, Paris\u003cbr\u003e * Sydney Opera House, Sydney\u003cbr\u003e * Marina City, Chicago\u003cbr\u003e * Olympic Swimming Pool Arena, Tokyo\u003cbr\u003e * London Eye, London\u003cbr\u003e * many other international examples, both celebrated and less well-known\u003cbr\u003e \"This subject is very important, and I hope the book will attract the attention of many architects and engineers.\" Professor Mamoru Kawaguchi\u003cbr\u003e Also by Ivan Margolius:\u003cbr\u003e Automobiles by Architects, Wiley-Academy, ISBN 047160786X\u003cbr\u003e \"How rare it is to put down a book with the sense of pleasure satisfied, the mind excited by ideas and information, nostalgia stimulated, the eye amused by illustrations.\" Brian Sewell, The Spectator\u003cbr\u003e \"Superbly entertaining book.\" Edwin Heathcote, The Architects' Journal\u003cbr\u003e \"This is an enjoyable read.\" Building Design\u003cbr\u003e \"Excellent book.\" FX Magazine\u003cbr\u003e \"Purchasers are likely to have something unique on their bookshelves.\" The Automobile\u003cbr\u003e \"A pleasant surprise is the density and clarity of the text, usefully accompanied by a wealth and diversity of iconography.\" L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui\"Architects + Engineers = Structures\" ist eine Hommage an die großen Architekten der Geschichte, die inspirative Techniken und Lösungen für Konstruktionsprobleme gefunden haben.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Architekten und Baumeister mussten von jeher neue Techniken, Methoden und Materialien entwickeln, um Bauwerke zu errichten, deren Konstruktion mit der Architektur zu einer Einheit verschmelzen konnte.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dieser Band analysiert einige der weltweit brilliantesten Baustrukturen, einschließlich ihrer kühnen und visionären Schöpfer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Die hier behandelten Bauwerke reichen vom Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Diskutiert werden u.a. Arbeiten von so berühmten Baumeistern und Architekten wie Filippo Brunelleschi, Leonardo da Vinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Victor Horta, Vladimir Tatlin, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers und Jan Kaplicky.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Großzügig illustriert mit Farbfotos, Plänen und Zeichnungen.  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Celebration of Architects-Engineers\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Medieval Cathedral Architects\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Filippo Brunelleschi and the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Thomas Telford, The Menai Bridge\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Decimus Burton, Richard Turner, The Palm House\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Joseph Paxton, Charles Fox (Fox Henderson \u0026amp; Co), Crystal Palace\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Antonio Gaudi, Church of the Sagrada Familia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e William Le Baron Jenney, John Wellborn Root, Chicago Skyscrapers\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin, Emile Nougier, Stephen Sauvestre, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, The Eiffel Tower\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Concert Hall Project\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Auguste Perret and reinforced concrete\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Eugene Freyssinet, Airship Hangars\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vladimir Tatlin, Monument to the Third International\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Albert Laprade, Leon Bazin, Jean Prouvé, Establissements Citroën, Garage Marbeuf, Glass façade\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Carlos Arniches, Martin Dominguez, Eduardo Torroja y Miret, Zarzuela Hippodrome\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pier Luigi Nervi, Aircraft Hangars, Orvieto\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Frank Lloyd Wright, Mendel Glickman, S.C. Johnson \u0026amp; Son Administration Building; and Frank Lloyd Wright, Jaroslav J. Polivka, Laboratory Tower\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Robert Maillart, Cement Hall\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Eero Saarinen, Fred N. Severud, Hannskarl Bandel, Jefferson Memorial Arch\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Richard Buckminster Fuller, Geodesic and Tensegrity Domes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Philip Powell, Hidalgo Moya, Felix J. Samuely, The Skylon\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank J. Kornacker, Convention Hall\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Joaquim Cardozo\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Le Corbusier, Yannis Xenakis, H.C. Duyster, C.G.J. Vreedenburgh, Philips Pavilion\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jørn Utzon, Ove Arup \u0026amp; Partners, Opera House\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Guillermo Rosell, Manuel Larrosa, Felix Candela, Chapel\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Konrad Wachsmann, Space Structure\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bertrand Goldberg, Frank J. Kornacker, Bertold E. Weinberg, Fred N. Severud, Hannskarl Bandel, Marina City\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Gerhon \u0026amp; Seltzer, Lev Zetlin, Memorial Auditorium\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Kenzo Tange, Yoshikatsu Tsuboi, Mamoru Kawaguchi, Olympic Swimming Pool Arena and Olympic Boxing and Basketball Arena\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Cedric Price, Frank Newby, Anthony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon), Zoo Aviary\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Myron Goldsmith, Alfred Picardi, Skidmore, Owings \u0026amp; Merrill, Solar Telescope\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rolf Gutbrod, Frei Otto, Cable Net Roof, German Exhibition Pavilion\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Piano \u0026amp; Rogers, Ove Arup \u0026amp; Partners, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Joerg Schlaich, Dry Cooling Tower, Schmehausen Nuclear Power Plant\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jiri Strasky, Stress-Ribbon Bridges\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Richard Rogers and Partners, Anthony Hunt Associates, Inmos Microchip Facility\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, Anthony Hunt Associates, Waterloo International Terminal\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Eva Jiricna, Matthew Wells, Tim Macfarlane, Glass Staircases\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Foster Associates, Ove Arup \u0026amp; Partners, MC-2 Julio Martinez Calzon, Torre de Collserola\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Santiago Calatrava, Buro Happold, Dennis Sharp, Trinity Bridge\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Future Systems, Ove Arup \u0026amp; Partners, Lord's Media Centre\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lifschutz Davidson, Matthew Wells (Techniker), Pedestrian Bridge\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e David Marks, Julia Barfield, Babtie Allott \u0026amp; Lomax, Hollandia, British Airways London Eye\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Wilkinson Eyre, Whitby, Bird \u0026amp; Partners, Challenge of Materials Footbridge\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And there were others\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Inspiration for the Future\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index  \"...both engaging and intelligent...\" (Blueprint, June 2002)   \u003cp\u003e\"…excellent illustrations…fascinating photographs…a thought-provoking addition to the architect \/ engineer debate…\" (B, D \u0026amp; E, Third Quarter 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e 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).  This book applauds the union of architecture and engineering both today and throughout the history of building and construction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Structures featured include:\u003cbr\u003e * dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * Church of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * Eiffel Tower, Paris\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * Sydney Opera House, Sydney\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * Marina City, Chicago\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * Olympic Swimming Pool Arena, Tokyo\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * London Eye, London\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * many other international examples, both celebrated and less well-known\u003cbr\u003e \"This subject is very important, and I hope the book will attract the attention of many architects and engineers.\" Professor Mamoru Kawaguchi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Also by Ivan Margolius:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Automobiles by Architects, Wiley-Academy, ISBN 047160786X\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"How rare it is to put down a book with the sense of pleasure satisfied, the mind excited by ideas and information, nostalgia stimulated, the eye amused by illustrations.\" Brian Sewell, The Spectator\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Superbly entertaining book.\" Edwin Heathcote, The Architects' Journal\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This is an enjoyable read.\" Building Design\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Excellent book.\" FX Magazine\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Purchasers are likely to have something unique on their bookshelves.\" The Automobile\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A pleasant surprise is the density and clarity of the text, usefully accompanied by a wealth and diversity of iconography.\" L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui","brand":"Academy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988759232741,"sku":"NP9780471498254","price":67.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471498254.jpg?v=1761781480","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/architects-engineers-structures-isbn-9780471498254","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}