This book compares two buildings with different technologies and distinct environment from the combined viewpoints of civil engineering and architecture. The firstis the most recent building of Columbia University in New York, the Northwest Science Building, a project designedby Rafael Moneo and Dan Brodkin of Ove Arup. The second one is the Burgo Tower in Oporto, by Eduardo Souto Moura and Rui Furtado of AFA, a building that brings a new perspective to the use of prefabrication technologies with local traditional construction systems. With the detailed analyses of recognized researchers...