1. Design Studies 1A
READING
STRUCTURES

2. images from http://www.structurae.net/structures
W. H. Smith (1980). The world’s Great Architecture,
Hamlyn, London
Vickers G. (1998). Key Moments in Architecture,
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3. Pyramid of Cheops, Giza, 2589 B.C. Saqqara Step Pyramid 2650 B.C.
230m wide, m high
Saqqara Step Pyramid
2650 B.C.
61 m high
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4. Knossos c 1600 B.C.
Egyptian Temples
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5. Greek & Roman temples
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6. Colosseum, Rome, 80 A.D. Arch of Titus, Rome 81 A.D. Pont du Gard,
48m high, 188m long,
156 m wide
Arch of
Titus,
Rome
81 A.D.
Pont du Gard,
Nimes
c. 20 B.C.
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7. Islamic Arches Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, 709-715
Arch of Ctesiphon c. 540
18m high
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8. St. Sernin, Toulouse 1080 – 12th C
Colosseum
sections
St. Sernin, Toulouse 1080 – 12th C
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9. N.D. de Paris
c 1200 A.D.
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10. Lyons Opera House, 1830 Orly Hangar, 1921-3 King’s College Chapel
62m high
Orly Hangar,
75m span
King’s College Chapel
Cambridge,
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11. Trulli Houses,
Italy, 18th C.
Pantheon, Rome,
125 A. D.
43m span
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12. Hagia Sofia Mosque, Istanbul, 537, 31m
Florence Dome,
1436
42m span
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13. Tamburlaine, Samarkand, 14 th C Millenium Dome, London
St. Peters,
Rome, 1626
Astrodome, Houston
1965, m span
Tomb of
Tamburlaine, Samarkand,
14 th C
Millenium Dome, London
, >160 m span
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14. Waterloo Train Station 1848
Air Terminal Frankfurt,
span ~50m
Carreau
du Temple, Paris
1863-5
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15. Pompidou Centre, Paris, 1971-7
Astrodome, Houston
1965, m span
Waterloo Chunnel Station, , span 35-50m length 400m
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16. Hong Kong Bank, 1986
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17. Telstra Stadium, Sydney, 1996- 9, span 300m
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18. Australia Sq, Sydney, 1967,
42m dia, 50 storeys
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19. Horizon, Sydney, 1998, 43 flrs MLC, Sydney, 1975, 67 flrs, 150 m 24/25
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20. Hong Kong Central,
1980-4, 34m spans
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21. Grande Arche, La Defense Paris, 1982-90
Century Tower, Tokyo, 1991
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22. WTC, NY, , span 18.3m
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23. Walt Disney
Concert Hall, LA
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24. Parabolic Cable Structure Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis
Westcoast
Transmission
Tower, 1969
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Shaping Structures: Statics, W. Zalewski and E. Allen (1998)

25. Tenerife Auditorium
2003
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26. Putrajaya Convention Centre, Malaysia, 2001-3 TWA Terminal, NY, 1962
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27. Los Manantiales Restaurant, Xochimilco, Mexico, 1958
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28. Biosphere, Montreal, Expo 1967, 76m dia Eden Project, Cornwall, 2001
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29. Crane Island, Washington, 1972
Lovett Vacation House
Crane Island, Washington, 1972
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30. Seidler House
Killara,
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