In an overall and innovative approach to the reality of working with steel, the book takes a new look both at the state of tried-and-tested techniques and at emerging projects. Hundreds of steel structures have been, analyzed and appraised. In-depth construction photographs by the author are complemented by technical illustrations and by drawings supplied by fabricators allowing insight into a method of working with digital drawing tools.

This book provides the means for a better control and purposeful consideration of the design of Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS). It deploys a detailed categorization of AESS and its uses according to design context, building typology and visual exposure. In a rare combination, this approach makes high quality benchmarks compatible with economies in terms of material use, fabrication methods, workforce and cost.

Building with exposed steel has become more and more popular worldwide, also as advances in fire safety technology have permitted its use for building tasks...

Die sich rasant entwickelnden Moglichkeiten, eine immer groere Zahl geometrischer Formen und Systeme zu rechnen, zu entwerfen und zu fertigen, lassen die Komplexitat in der Architektur, Konstruktion und Materialbehandlung weiter zunehmen.

Dieses Buch widmet sich der Planung, Herstellung und Konstruktion von komplexen Stahltragwerken, die auf nicht-orthogonalen Geometrien beruhen:, auf gebogenen und chaotischen Geometrien, zusammengesetzten Diagridtragwerken und Gittertragwerken.

Die aussagekraftigen Fotos der Autorin machen die innovativen Methoden und Techniken anhand von...