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An Engineer Imagines

Author : Peter Rice
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849944660
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book An Engineer Imagines written by Peter Rice and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited reissue of the autobiography of Peter Rice, one of the main structural engineers behind the Sydney Opera House, the Pompidou Centre, the Menil Collection and Lloyd's of London. 'I am an engineer. Often people will call me an 'architect engineer' as a compliment. It is meant to signify a quality of engineer who is more imaginative and design-orientated than a normal engineer... To call an engineer an 'architect engineer' because he comes up with unusual or original solutions is essentially to misunderstand the role of the engineer in society.' An Engineer Imagines is a rare look into the professional creativity and philosophy of Peter Rice, who was widely acclaimed as the greatest structural engineer of his generation. He was a man who, in Renzo Piano's words, could design structures 'like a pianist who can play with his eyes shut'. Working with many of the world's greatest architects on buildings that became icons of contemporary architecture, he brought a uniquely poetic feeling to his work. Joining Ove Arup & Partners in 1956, Rice had heard that 'it was a place where an oddball could fit in.' Taking on Arup's theory of Total Design to heart, Rice writes about the role of the engineer in society, and how he himself applied his creativity to various projects. He admits he became an engineer by accident, tentatively feeling his way through a career without a natural instinct. But as he takes you through each of his projects, one-by-one, you can trace his development from graduate to veteran. Written in clear and poetic language, Rice's autobiography is perfect for those who want to better understand postwar buildings, our concrete environment, or are budding students of engineering and architecture.

An Engineer Imagines

Author : Peter Rice
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book An Engineer Imagines written by Peter Rice and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geïllustreerde uitgave over leven en werk van de in Noord-Ierland geboren architect (1935-1992)

Model Perspectives: Structure, Architecture and Culture

Author : Mark R. Cruvellier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351558099
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Book Synopsis Model Perspectives: Structure, Architecture and Culture by : Mark R. Cruvellier

Download or read book Model Perspectives: Structure, Architecture and Culture written by Mark R. Cruvellier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a unique collection of various perspectives on the relationship between structures and the forms and spaces of architecture. As such it provides students and professionals alike with an essential sourcebook that can be mined for visual inspiration as well as for textually rich and authoritative insight into the links between structure, architecture, and cultural context. The chapters address fundamental structural elements and systems: columns, walls, beams, trusses, frames, tensile structures, arches, domes and shells. Each chapter is subdivided into two parts: • The essays – introduce the chapters with the reprinting of a curated set of essays and excerpts by various authors that uniquely address how particular structural elements or systems relate in essential fashion to architectural design concepts. • The model studies – physical models of the overall structural systems of several notable contemporary buildings from Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia are illustrated with large photographs, detail close-ups, and views of their external forms and internal spaces that establish the exceptional qualities of these projects in connecting structural form to architectural design objectives. Mosaic layouts complete the chapters with a collection of photographs of yet more models whose particular details and unique features serve to extend the visual repertoire of the structural type being considered. The combination, juxtaposition and mutual positive reinforcement of these two collections, one largely textual and the other image based, provides the reader with unique and multifaceted insights into how structural forms and systems can be related to architectural design intentions. Conveyed by a strong and deliberate graphical design format, this assembly of materials gets to the very essence of structures within the context of architecture, and will inspire students and practitioners alike to make strategic design decisions for their own projects.

Towards A New Engineering - second edition

Author : Mentor Llunji
Publisher : MSPROJECT
ISBN 13 : 9940665024
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Towards A New Engineering - second edition written by Mentor Llunji and published by MSPROJECT. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second-expanded edition of Towards A New Engineering is almost double in volume compared to the first edition, with several new chapters, new material and is more graphically oriented in order to guide readers more smoothly throughout the text. It is a collection of intimate reflections on structural engineering, its present and future. A testimony on many issues that ‘bothered’ the author during his years of designing structures. A critique and praise of built structures, structural design strategies, codes, the educational system, digital tools and much more. It’s a professional memoir dedicated to the unsung heroes of structural engineering. Not the unknown ones but the unrecognized ones. It’s an album of their thoughts and designs. This book is a rare possibility for structural engineers to consider the meaning of their profession, to meditate about it and its relation to, or distinction from, the practice of architecture. This is a collection of thoughts but not conclusions and theories. The book is recommended for all structural and architectural engineers, as well as for students of engineering and architecture, especially those who have chosen structural engineering as their lifelong profession. It is an eye-opening book that will provide a clearer, more realistic perspective while also offering an idea of where engineers will be in the future and how they should adapt to the time that comes.

Analysing Buildings from Context to Detail in Time

Author : Hielkje Zijlstra
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1607500205
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Analysing Buildings from Context to Detail in Time written by Hielkje Zijlstra and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology provided the author of this book with the inspiration to develop a more comprehensive research method to assess buildings: Analysing Buildings from Context to Detail in time: ABCD Research Method.Technology, at academic level, should be considered in the analysis of a building. In this book the focus is on construction engineering, the study of the requirements associated with constructing buildings. Providing information on practice is a key element in construction engineering, which is a learning process. Changes are made during the life of a building and they might be made differently if the history and technical aspects of the building were studied in greater detail. Both maintenance and changes require us to understand the building concerned.

Lectures on Innovation in Building Technology

Author : M. Eekhout
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1614995567
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Lectures on Innovation in Building Technology written by M. Eekhout and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of articles written in recent years and used in lectures for students at the Faculty of Architecture at Delft and at Nottingham University. The lectures and articles are based on a mixture of innovations in academia and industry. They elucidate the relationship between architecture and building technology, as well as high technology, transfer of technology, innovative design, development and research in the Chair of Product Development at TU Delft. With his experience in both industry and academia, Eekhout’s goal is to bridge the gap between the two worlds and to stimulate them both, to prepare students to be inventive, innovative and daring enough to materialize their own dreams in practice. The lecture articles are based on the adventures and experiences in Mick Eekhout’s design & build experimental laboratory cum factory, which works on projects all over the world, and for many interesting clients. Eekhout was able to develop an innovative technical vocabulary for lightweight structures and claddings in architecture and encourages students to attempt the same.

Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering

Author : Clare Olsen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000513718
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering written by Clare Olsen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering explores how to effectively develop creative collaborations among architects and engineers. The authors, an architect and an engineer, share insights gained from their experiences and research on fostering productive communication, engaging in interdisciplinary discussions, and establishing common design goals. Together, they share the tools, methods, and best practices deployed by prominent innovative architects and engineers to provide readers with the key elements for success in interdisciplinary design collaborations. The book offers engaging stories about prominent architect and engineer collaborations––such as those between SANAA and Sasaki and Partners, Adjaye Associates and Silman, Grafton Architects and AKT II, Studio Gang and Arup, Foster + Partners and Buro Happold, Steven Holl Architects and Guy Nordenson and Associates, and among the engineers and architects at SOM. In the second edition, the newly added case studies showcase extraordinary buildings across the globe at a range of scales and typologies, tracing the facets of high-quality collaborations. Through the examples of these remarkable synergies, readers gain insights into innovative design processes that address complex challenges in the built environment. The second edition of Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering is a terrific sourcebook for students, educators, and professionals interested in integrative design practice among the disciplines.

Centre Pompidou

Author : Francesco Dal Co
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300221290
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Centre Pompidou written by Francesco Dal Co and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design and history of Paris's iconic Centre Pompidou is explored in this absorbing and beautifully illustrated biography of a building.

Exercises and Solutions in Statistical Theory

Author : Lawrence L. Kupper
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0415661951
Total Pages : 2318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Exercises and Solutions in Statistical Theory written by Lawrence L. Kupper and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-06-24 with total page 2318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exercises and Solutions in Statistical Theory helps students and scientists obtain an in-depth understanding of statistical theory by working on and reviewing solutions to interesting and challenging exercises of practical importance. Unlike similar books, this text incorporates many exercises that apply to real-world settings and provides much more thorough solutions. The exercises and selected detailed solutions cover from basic probability theory through to the theory of statistical inference. Many of the exercises deal with important, real-life scenarios in areas such as medicine, epidemiology, actuarial science, social science, engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, environmental health, and sports. Several exercises illustrate the utility of study design strategies, sampling from finite populations, maximum likelihood, asymptotic theory, latent class analysis, conditional inference, regression analysis, generalized linear models, Bayesian analysis, and other statistical topics. The book also contains references to published books and articles that offer more information about the statistical concepts. Designed as a supplement for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses, this text is a valuable source of classroom examples, homework problems, and examination questions. It is also useful for scientists interested in enhancing or refreshing their theoretical statistical skills. The book improves readers’ comprehension of the principles of statistical theory and helps them see how the principles can be used in practice. By mastering the theoretical statistical strategies necessary to solve the exercises, readers will be prepared to successfully study even higher-level statistical theory.

Structures and Architecture

Author : Paulo J. da Sousa Cruz
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317549961
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Structures and Architecture written by Paulo J. da Sousa Cruz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the disciplines of architecture and structural engineering have both experienced their own historical development, their interaction has resulted in many fascinating and delightful structures. To take this interaction to a higher level, there is a need to stimulate the inventive and creative design of architectural structures and to persuade architects and structural engineers to further collaborate in this process, exploiting together new concepts, applications and challenges. This set of book of abstracts and full paper searchable CD-ROM presents selected papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Structures and Architecture Conference (ICSA2016), organized by the School of Architecture of the University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal (July 2016), to promote the synergy in the collaboration between the disciplines of architecture and structural engineering.

Modelling Techniques for Business Process Re-engineering and Benchmarking

Author : Guy Doumeingts
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0387350675
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)

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Book Synopsis Modelling Techniques for Business Process Re-engineering and Benchmarking by : Guy Doumeingts

Download or read book Modelling Techniques for Business Process Re-engineering and Benchmarking written by Guy Doumeingts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-09 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today enterprises must strive to improve their competitiveness in a changing environment. To reach this objective it is necessary for companies to evaluate their performances and to combine modelling, business process re-engineering and benchmarking techniques. This book demonstrates the successful combination and implementation of these various techniques.

Architecture in Motion

Author : Robert Kronenburg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136704450
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Architecture in Motion written by Robert Kronenburg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea that architecture can be portable is one that grabs the imagination of both designers and the people who use it, perhaps because it so often forecasts a dynamic and creative solution to the complex problems of our contemporary mobile society, while at the same time dealing with issues of practicality, economy and sustainability. Architecture in Motion examines the development of portable, transportable, demountable and temporary architecture from prehistory to the present day. From familiar vernacular models such as the tent, mobile home and houseboat, to ambitious developments in military and construction engineering, all aspects of portable building are considered. Building on his earlier works Portable Architecture and Houses in Motion, Robert Kronenburg compares traditional forms of building, current commercial products and the work of innovative designers, and examines key contemporary portable buildings to reveal surprising, exciting and imaginative examples. He explores the philosophical and technological issues raised by these experimental and futuristic prototypes. By understanding the nature of transitory architecture, a new ecologically aware design strategy can be developed to prioritise buildings that 'tread lightly on the earth' and still convey the sense of identity and community necessary for an established responsible society. This book provides a unique insight into this pivotal field of design.

Cooperation

Author : Aita Flury
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3034610556
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Cooperation written by Aita Flury and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new inquiry on cooperation

Peter Rice

Author : André Brown
Publisher : Thomas Telford
ISBN 13 : 9780727727701
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book Peter Rice written by André Brown and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like his great predecessors, whether Brunel or Brunelleschi, Peter Rice is able to step outside the confines of his professional training, transferring technical problems into practical solutions. His design combines order with delight, science with art. - Richard Rogers Known for his work on major projects such as the Centre Pompidou, Sydney Opera House and Lloyd's Building, Peter Rice received international acclaim as one of the great engineers of the 20th century. His collaborations with some of the leading architects of our time, including Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, Frei Otto, I. M. Pei, Norman Foster and Bernard Tschumi, have created memorable landmark structures which are justifiably famous for their style and innovation. Rice believed that the role of engineering was to enable the most exciting pieces of architecture to be realised. His collaborators came to learn that if anyone could make their ideas work it would be Peter Rice. His adoption of a fresh approach for each project was calculated to produce the best possible building and was combined with a respect for the role of the architect. Over time, this method resulted in an inspirational body of innovative work. This

Junk Jet n°3

Author : Asli Serbest
Publisher : igmade.edition
ISBN 13 : 3000301275
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Junk Jet n°3 written by Asli Serbest and published by igmade.edition. This book was released on 2010 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Design Engineering Refocused

Author : Hanif Kara
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119164877
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Design Engineering Refocused written by Hanif Kara and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contents of the book will highlight the differences between the design and engineering disciplines – strengths and flaws. It will also illustrate examples of interdisciplinary interactions. Any false dichotomies will be revealed and the many non-linear processes borne out of challenging conventions between traditional and new modes of practice will be revealed. Projects based on a body of experience spanning many years will be selected to support experimentation that goes beyond an undisciplined search for originality, innovation and creativity. In addition to writings from Hanif Kara and Daniel Bosia contributions will be sought from specialists in the field who have played a role in the operations of P.art® at AKT II – past and present – qualifying them to disseminate and distribute a particular form of ‘knowledge’. Features work of architectural practices: Adjaye Associates, Foster + Partners, Heatherwick Studio, HOK, Serie Architects, Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Zaha Hadid Architects. In addition to AKT II, it will encompass the work of engineers and engineering consultants such as: Arup, Cecil Balmond, Buckminster Fuller, Buro Happold, Pier Luigi Nervi and Peter Rice.

Structural Engineering for Architects

Author : Pete Silver
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780675461
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Structural Engineering for Architects written by Pete Silver and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an understanding of the fundamental theories and practice behind the creation of architectural structures. It aids the development of an intuitive understanding of structural engineering, bringing together technical and design issues. The book is divided into four sections: 'Structures in nature' looks at structural principles found in natural objects. 'Theory' covers general structural theory as well as explaining the main forces in engineering. 'Structural prototypes' includes examples of modelmaking and load testing that can be carried out by students. The fourth section, 'Case studies', presents a diverse range of examples from around the world – actual buildings that apply the theories and testing described in the previous sections. This accessible, informative text is illustrated with specially drawn diagrams, models, CAD visualizations, construction details and photographs of completed buildings. This book will give students and newly qualified architects a firm grasp of this essential topic.