«Reading Structures: 39 Projects and Built Works» ist eine Monografie über vierzig komplexe Strukturen des Professors und Hochbauingenieurs Guy Nordenson. Die vorgestellten Werke wurden in Zusammenarbeit mit Architekten und Künstlern wie Raimund Abraham, Henry N. Cobb, Steven Holl, Michael Maltzan, Richard Meier und SANAA entwickelt und zeigen Nordensons einzigartige Beiträge als Ingenieur und Designer zu innovativen gemeinschaftlichen Gestaltungsprozessen. Die Strukturen in dieser Publikation reichen von seinen frühen Werken mit Paul Weidlinger über seine Ausbildung bei Ove Arup & Partners in New York bis zur Gründung seines eigenen Büros Guy Nordenson and Associates im Jahr 1998.
Das Buch ist in drei thematische Abschnitte unterteilt: Engineering Ephemera, Simply Supported und Building History. Nach einer Einleitung des Architekturhistorikers und Kritikers Barry Bergdoll werden die jeweiligen Visionen und Herausforderungen der 39 Projekte in Essays und individuellen Projektbeschrieben Nordensons vorgestellt.
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"In addition to presenting convincing proofs of Nordenson's masterful designs, elegant solutions, and simply beautiful work, the book explores his skill in explaining the engineering considerations behind many of these projects and the way in which these considerations were intertwined with architectural goals. A huge range of structural engineering expression is to be found here, the work encompassing museums, staircases, opera houses, office buildings, bridges, and parking structures." --Civil Engineering, March 2016..".The book delves into details without being dry or difficult to understand for the reader who doesn't happen to be an engineer, or an architect, for that matter. Even for the lay person, Reading Structures offers incredible insight--from inspiration to design to politics--into how buildings, pavilions, parking garages, bridges, and follies get built, or don't. And, maybe more important, how they stand up." --Architectural Record, August 2016 -...The book delves into details without being dry or difficult to understand for the reader who doesn't happen to be an engineer, or an architect, for that matter. Even for the lay person, Reading Structures offers incredible insight--from inspiration to design to politics--into how buildings, pavilions, parking garages, bridges, and follies get built, or don't. And, maybe more important, how they stand up.- --Architectural Record, August 2016 -In addition to presenting convincing proofs of Nordenson's masterful designs, elegant solutions, and simply beautiful work, the book explores his skill in explaining the engineering considerations behind many of these projects and the way in which these considerations were intertwined with architectural goals. A huge range of structural engineering expression is to be found here, the work encompassing museums, staircases, opera houses, office buildings, bridges, and parking structures.- --Civil Engineering, March 2016 ..".The book delves into details without being dry or difficult to understand for the reader who doesn t happen to be an engineer, or an architect, for that matter. Even for the lay person, Reading Structures offers incredible insight from inspiration to design to politics into how buildings, pavilions, parking garages, bridges, and follies get built, or don t. And, maybe more important, how they stand up." Architectural Record, August 2016"
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 24 cm
Width: 30 cm
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978-3-03778-472-3 (9783037784723)
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