Download or read book Tensile Architecture written by Philip Drew and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an historical perspective for modern tensile architecture in the 20th century. It explores the tents of nomad cultures, geographical distribution of tent types, the effect of the dromedary on the distribution of the black tent, and seasonal specialization of Eskimo dwellings.

Download or read book Tensile Fabric Structures written by Craig G. Huntington and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tensile Fabric Structures: Design Analysis and Construction summarises the range of tensile membrane structure forms and their applications and documents the current state of knowledge regarding loading form finding and nonlinear analysis of membrane structures. Structural forms and details are generally left exposed in tensile membrane designs and are strongly tied to architecture and aesthetics. These environmentally friendly and economically competitive structures are found in a wide range of recreational and transportation facilities. This report updates the earlier Tensioned Fabric Structures: A Practical Introduction.Topics include: history of tensioned membrane structuresmechanical lighting and thermal properties of membrane materialsfire safety and durability of membrane materialsshape determination and analysisfabrication and erection process attachment to supporting structuresstructural design and aestheticsThis report will provide practical guidance to structural engineers architects and builders of tensile membrane structures.

Download or read book Fabric Structures in Architecture written by J Llorens and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fabric Structures in Architecture covers the varying ways textiles and their properties are used in building construction, with particular focus given to tensile structures. The text begins with the fundamental principles of textiles, including the origins of fabric architecture, then progressing to a discussion of the modern textiles of today. It covers relevant textile materials and their properties, including coatings and membranes. In addition, a range of design considerations are discussed, with detailed information on installation and failure modes. A series of case studies from around the world accompany the discussion, illustrating the applications of textiles in architecture. - Offers key coverage of the fundamental principles, from the origins of fabric architecture to modern textile - Provides analysis of relevant textile materials and their properties, including coatings and membranes - Contains expert insights in to the applications of textiles in architecture, presenting a series of relevant case-studies from around the world

Download or read book Tensile Surface Structures written by Michael Seidel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tensile surface structures are the visual expression of an intensive rethinking of the topic of building envelopes by designers. Advances in design methods, materials, construction elements and assembly and erection planning in the field of lightweight construction are enabling ever more exacting applications of tensile structures with envelope and structural functions, especially in roofing over large clear spans without internal support. However, the particular mechanical characteristics of the materials used in the construction of textile structures demand consideration of the question of "buildability". This book provides answers by discussing the fundamental influence of material manufacture and assembly in deciding the most suitable type of building or structure and its detailing in the design process. The fundamentals of material composition, manufacturing process, patterning and the behaviour of flexible structural systems are all explained here, as well as their use as structural and connection elements, and special attention is given to the erection of wide-span lightweight structures. The erection equipment is described, as well as the lifting and tensioning process and the construction methods used to erect the characteristic types of tensile structures, illustrated with a selection of example projects. Forword by Werner Sobek.

Download or read book Soft Shells written by Hans-Joachim Schock and published by Birkhauser. This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The photographs and detailed scale drawings of the structures are accompanied by in-depth descriptions, giving a full account of the construction method and the characteristics of the materials.

Download or read book Light Structures Structures of Light written by Horst Berger and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book tensile structures are explained and illustrated by its most prolific designer. The chapters take on the form of stories, richly illustrated and presented in a language easily understandable by a general audience; at the same time the book is a valuable source for students and practitioners of architecture and engineering. Beginning with a history of domes, the book explains the origins and principles of tensile structures and then moves on to demonstrate their application in Horst Berger's own work. This includes such landmark structures as the spectacular Denver International Airport; the Haj Terminal of the Jeddah International Airport, the world's largest roof structure; the record span Riyadh Stadium; the San Diego Convention Center; Canada Place in Vancouver."

Download or read book Tensile Structures written by Maggie Toy and published by Academy Press. This book was released on 1995-07-14 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tensile Membrane Structures written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standard ASCE/SEI 55-16 provides minimum criteria for the analysis, design, and performance of membrane-covered cable and rigid member structures and of air-supported structures, collectively known as tensile membrane structures.

Download or read book Free Standing Tension Structures written by Binbing Wang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architects are constantly looking for new methods to create large indoor spaces unhindered by columns and other supports. Tensile and cable-strut structures are one method of producing such spaces. They also enable the creation of different shaped spaces allowing architects more scope for innovation. Free-standing Tension Structures: From Tensegrity Systems to Cable-strut Systems provides the background engineering needed to produce these wonderful structures. Providing a complete background to the underlying structural engineering theories of tensegrity, this book will prove invaluable for all architects and engineers working on tensile structures.

Download or read book Widespan Roof Structures written by Michael Barnes and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2000 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents world thinking on the design and construction of large covered spaces. This book aims to offer insights into many of the innovative construction design projects. It explores the advances within stressed membrane roofing, atria and glass structures, with a focus on international developments. It also addresses the problems of construction.

Download or read book Membrane Structures written by Raham Zarfam and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: n this book, readers will be introduced to the fascinating world of Membrane Structures. The readers will find this book to be a practical guide and reference providing them a clear view and understanding of the Membrane Structures. The book explores the principles, basic shapes, form finding, surface materials, support structures, drawing details and installation of the tensile structures.This book should be used as an introduction and reference on how to Design Tensile Structures using the method of Form Finding.This book was written in collaboration with Raham Zarfam - PhD in Structural Engineering, Carlos Talavera - Architect, Thomas Van Dessel - M. Eng. and Caglar Ozturk - Architect.

Download or read book New Tent Architecture written by Philip Drew and published by Thames and Hudson. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tents have been prized for centuries for their lightness, mobility, small footprint and structural elegance. New tents offer innovative and significant solutions to age-old problems. With the demand on architects to touch the earth lightly, together with a cross-disciplinary interest in technotextiles, membrane structures are assuming new prominence and pleasing forms. This wide-ranging international survey looks at the exciting possibilities of contemporary tensile building and the most interesting membrane structures created in recent years. Includes: - Architectural and cultural history of the tent - Thirty recent projects grouped by theme, such as atrium covers and fabric walls, ring roofs and convertibles, small peaks, large waves - Accessible text descriptions, photographs and line drawings. New Tent Architecture will be valued by architecture and design professionals, engineers and students everywhere.

Download or read book Design and Analysis of Tall and Complex Structures written by Feng Fu and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design of tall buildings and complex structures involves challenging activities, including: scheme design, modelling, structural analysis and detailed design. This book provides structural designers with a systematic approach to anticipate and solve issues for tall buildings and complex structures. This book begins with a clear and rigorous exposition of theories behind designing tall buildings. After this is an explanation of basic issues encountered in the design process. This is followed by chapters concerning the design and analysis of tall building with different lateral stability systems, such as MRF, shear wall, core, outrigger, bracing, tube system, diagrid system and mega frame. The final three chapters explain the design principles and analysis methods for complex and special structures. With this book, researchers and designers will find a valuable reference on topics such as tall building systems, structure with complex geometry, Tensegrity structures, membrane structures and offshore structures. - Numerous worked-through examples of existing prestigious projects around the world (such as Jeddah Tower, Shanghai Tower, and Petronas Tower etc.) are provided to assist the reader's understanding of the topic - Provides the latest modelling methods in design such as BIM and Parametric Modelling technique - Detailed explanations of widely used programs in current design practice, such as SAP2000, ETABS, ANSYS, and Rhino - Modelling case studies for all types of tall buildings and complex structures, such as: Buttressed Core system, diagrid system, Tube system, Tensile structures and offshore structures etc.

Download or read book Mass to Membrane written by Nicholas Goldsmith and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we look at the historical evolution of architecture - from the massive pyramids of Egypt to the framed structures of Greek and Roman construction, to the lighter Gothic vaulting and eventually modern architecture of the twentieth century - we see a continuous, almost linear progression from solid mass construction to diaphanous skins of glass and steel.

Download or read book Tensile Architecture in the Urban Context written by Rudi Scheuermann and published by Architectual Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes long span buildings, tensile structures, membrane and cable net structures. Includes: Schlumberger Works; Diplomatic Club, Riyadh; Research facilities for Schlumberger, Cambridge; Canada Harbour Place; Mound Stand; German Pavilion, Seville; Arche de la Defence, Paris.

Download or read book Post Ductility written by Michael Bell and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2012-06-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third book in the series from Columbia University is focused on metals. Metals, as surface or structure as the generators of space play a role in nearly every strain of modernization in architecture. They define complete geographies of work, production, and political life. Non-architectural metals delivered in automobiles, and hard goods in the United States and worldwide have all been sourced as the engines of the sprawling late twentieth-century city in all of its forms. But in the received aspects of architectural history, metals, and in particular steel, remain less diluted; they are presented as intrinsic to the profession as material precedes concepts they are carriers of architectural meaning. Few concepts are as central in structural engineering as the ability of a material to sustain plastic deformation under tensile stress the standardization of historically known deformation limits or ductile properties in most materials allows architects and engineers to keep the analysis of structure within known parameters of finite element analysis rather then materials science. If the goal is avoid fracture, the boundaries are set and the limits of ductility are observed. Post-Ductility refers to the literal aspects of material behavior in this case of metals but also of aspects of architectural and urban space that are measured by less verifiable but nonetheless real quotients of stress and strain. It is the tension and compression of space that gives form or coherence to form. In either the case of engineering and architecture, formerly daunting degrees of risk seem to have been diminished; new levels of sophistication in calculation lower the risk tolerance for fracture, while more metaphoric readings of limits in architectural and urban space seem to have been long surpassed, at times with abandon. The counter-effort has been quite strong if not successful: there are those that want to recreate dense cities by means of compression and there are immense forces of spatial extension by way of economics, communication and transit. Space is pulled to elastic limits and made thin as highly malleable materials such as gold or lead as it is also often re-compressed as forms of urban density. If metals are a significant origin for architecture and indeed whole cities—from buildings to automobiles and labor, then what are the limits or equations that offer a new evaluation of both metals, but also of material in a wider sense, as a determining component of the built world? What does an engineer and architect bring to this arena in both local and global circumstances?

Download or read book Architecture written by Francis D. K. Ching and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 1784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb visual reference to the principles of architecture Now including interactive CD-ROM! For more than thirty years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space, and Order has been the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design. The updated Third Edition features expanded sections on circulation, light, views, and site context, along with new considerations of environmental factors, building codes, and contemporary examples of form, space, and order. This classic visual reference helps both students and practicing architects understand the basic vocabulary of architectural design by examining how form and space are ordered in the built environment.? Using his trademark meticulous drawing, Professor Ching shows the relationship between fundamental elements of architecture through the ages and across cultural boundaries. By looking at these seminal ideas, Architecture: Form, Space, and Order encourages the reader to look critically at the built environment and promotes a more evocative understanding of architecture. In addition to updates to content and many of the illustrations, this new edition includes a companion CD-ROM that brings the book's architectural concepts to life through three-dimensional models and animations created by Professor Ching.