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Chapter 1: COLUMNS: Auguste Perret and the Concrete Column from Concrete: The Vision of a New Architecture p.2, Mies' Columns: Barcelona and Beyond: from Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture p.8, Villa Mairea's Columnar Variations: from Alvar Aalto: Villa Mairea p.12, A Forest of Minimal Columns from Optical Acupuncture p.16, from SANAA: 2009 Serpentine Pavilion p.19, The Sendai Mediatheque and its Tube Columns: from Toyo Ito: Works Projects Writings p.22, from ArchIdea Magazine, 31 Edzard Mik interview with Toyo Ito p.25, Tree Columns p.27, Model Studies p.26, Chapter 2 : WALLS: Barragan's Walls and Colour : from Barragdn: Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour by Daniele Pauly p.46, Inca Walls at Ollantaytambo: from Inca Architecture and Construction at Ollantaytambo p.50, Schindler's Metaphysical Walls: from The Architecture of R.M. Schindler p.56, Ando's Ephemeral Concrete Walls: from Nothingness: Tadao Ando's Christian Sacred Space p.60, The Sculpted Walls of Richard Serra: from Intersection: Richard Serra p.64, Model Studies p.70, Chapter 3: BEAMS and SLABS: Arresting Cantilever Deflections: from Strengthening Fallingwater p.90, Nordic Pavilion An Illuminating Beam Matrix from On Span and Space: Exploring Structures in Architecture p.98, The Kimbell's Beam Variations from The Art Museums of Louis I. Kahn p.102, from Renzo Piano as Light and Space Artist by Paul a Deitz p.102, The Iron and Steel Beam Evolves; Mies Follows Suit from Developrnents in Structural Form p.108, from The Master Builders Chinese Building Traditions Meet Modernism from Idealizing a Chinese Style p.114, Nervi's Isostatically Inspired Ribbed Floors from The Ribbed Floor Slab Systems of Pier Luigi Nervi p.122, Maillart Minimalism: The Flat Slab Emerges from Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition p.130, Concrete Takes Flight from for the Birds p.136, Floor Plate Defined Facades from Beyond the Wall, the Floor by Michael Holt and Marissa Looby p.140, Model Studies p.144, Chapter 4: TRUSSES: La Tour Eiffil: A Truss, and More ... from The Eiffil Tower by Roland Barthes p.168, Truss Forms and Style Battles p.176, Truss Forms and Design Collaborations from The Culture of Construction: Examples from the Last Fifty Years of Remarkable Development by Christian Penzel p.182, Neimeyer's Subtly Deceptive Trusses p.188, Metabolism and the Space Frame: from Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement: Urban Utopias of Modern Japan p.194, Tensegrity and the Architecture of Life p.198, Model Studies p.206, Chapter 5: FRAMES: To Frame - or not to Frame from The Chicago Frame by Colin Rowe p.228, Framing Views, Framing Victory p.238, Breuer and Nervi's Folded Frames p.244, Braced Frames and High Tech Dreams p.250, Informal Frames from Informal by Cecil Balmond p.256, Model Studies p.272, Chapter 6: CABLES, NETS and MEMBRANES: Seemingly Free From Structures in Montreal and Munich p.298, Cybernetic and Lightweight Dreams p.304, Stayed Roof Systems and High Tech Identity p.308, Jugaad: Suspending a Communal Canopy p.316, Marsyas: Structure and Metaphor p.320, Model Studies p.326, Chapter 7: ARCHES, DOMES AND SHELLS: Informing Arch Form p.344, Veiled and Vaulted Space p.356, Domes as Optical Instruments p.360, The Politics of Candela's Shells p.370, SANAA's Ceilings and Skies p.376, Model Studies p.382 |
