Main entry:

Addis, William, 1949-

Title & Author:

Creativity and innovation : the structural engineer's contribution to design / Bill Addis.

Publication:

Oxford : Architectural Press, 2001.

Description:

138 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Structure -- Structural design -- Engineer and architect -- Structure and aesthetics -- The nature of structural engineering -- The process of engineering: design development -- Commerzbank, Frankfurt -- Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield -- Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield -- Inland Revenue Offices, Nottingham -- D.G. Bank, Pariserplatz, Berlin -- Hippopotamus house, Berlin Zoo -- ITN Building, London -- Communications Tower, Barcelona -- Devising buildings that work -- for architect, client and occupier -- Norwich Sport Village -- Acoustic wall, Gatwick Airport -- Westminster and Chelsea Hospital Roof -- Presbyterian/Korean Church, New York -- Aviary, Hong Kong Park -- Exhibition Hall No. 26, Hannover -- Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Phase 2 -- Dyson Headquarters, Malmesbury, Wiltshire -- Haj Terminal, King Abdul Aziz International Airport, Jeddah -- Royal Court Theatre, London -- Halley Research Station, No. 4, Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica -- Tree House, Stoke Pero, Somerset -- Creating value for the client -- School of Engineering and Manufacture, De Montfort University, Leicester -- Oasis Holiday Village, Penrith, Cumbria -- Bus station, Chur, Switzerland -- Royal Life Headquarters Building, Peterborough -- Blue Boar Court, Cambridge -- Bracken House, London -- St John's College, Oxford -- Queensberry House, London -- Exploring the unknown: managing risk and delivering confidence -- Usine L'Oreal, Paris -- Trinity College Book Store, Cambridge -- New Square, Bedfont Lakes, Surrey -- Albert Dock, Liverpool.
London Underwriting Centre, Minster Court -- Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Fenchurch Street, London -- Century Tower, Tokyo -- Putting structure on show: the engineering aesthetic of materials -- Montreuil Sports Stadium, Paris -- Prague Castle Orangery, Prague -- Educatorium, Utrecht -- West Totton First School, Hampshire -- Felsted School Dining Hall, Suffolk -- Clovelly Visitors' Centre, Devon -- Blaenau Ffestiniog Sports Hall, Gwynedd, Wales -- Channel 4 Headquarters Building, London -- Pabellon del futuro, Expo '92, Seville -- Realising dreams -- Chapel, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge -- The Glass House, London -- Entertainment complex, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol -- Aviary, Munich Zoo -- Peninsula Building, Roissy Airport, Paris -- The Foreign Office building, Berlin -- Victoria and Albert Museum extension, London.
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Summary:

This text provides an up-to-date examination of the structural engineer's contribution to architecture. A better understanding of building materials and structures is the main aim of the book.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0750642106 (paperback)
9780750642101 (paperback)

Subject:

Structural engineering.
Architectural design.
Structural engineering Case studies.
Architectural design Case studies.
Technique de la construction.
Design architectural.
Technique de la construction Études de cas.
Design architectural Études de cas.
structural engineering.
Bautechnik
Design
Innovation
Kreativität
Tragwerk

Form/genre:

Case studies
Études de cas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 265368
Call No.: BIB 196827
Status: Available