Design Studies 1A READING STRUCTURES

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, 2/30

Pyramid of Cheops, Giza, 2589 B.C. Saqqara Step Pyramid 2650 B.C. 230m wide, 146.5 m high Saqqara Step Pyramid 2650 B.C. 61 m high 3/30

Knossos c 1600 B.C. Egyptian Temples 4/30

Greek & Roman temples 5/31

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. 6/30

Islamic Arches Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, 709-715 Arch of Ctesiphon c. 540 18m high 7/30

St. Sernin, Toulouse 1080 – 12th C Colosseum sections St. Sernin, Toulouse 1080 – 12th C 8/30

N.D. de Paris c 1200 A.D. 9/30

Lyons Opera House, 1830 Orly Hangar, 1921-3 King’s College Chapel 62m high Orly Hangar, 1921-3 75m span King’s College Chapel Cambridge, 1446-1515 10/30

Trulli Houses, Italy, 18th C. Pantheon, Rome, 125 A. D. 43m span 11/30

Hagia Sofia Mosque, Istanbul, 537, 31m Florence Dome, 1436 42m span 12/30

Tamburlaine, Samarkand, 14 th C Millenium Dome, London St. Peters, Rome, 1626 Astrodome, Houston 1965, 216.5 m span Tomb of Tamburlaine, Samarkand, 14 th C Millenium Dome, London 1997- 8, >160 m span 13/30

Waterloo Train Station 1848 Air Terminal Frankfurt, 1996-9 span ~50m Carreau du Temple, Paris 1863-5 14/30

Pompidou Centre, Paris, 1971-7 Astrodome, Houston 1965, 216.5 m span Waterloo Chunnel Station, 1992-94, span 35-50m length 400m 15/30

Hong Kong Bank, 1986 16/30

Telstra Stadium, Sydney, 1996- 9, span 300m 17/30 24/25

Australia Sq, Sydney, 1967, 42m dia, 50 storeys 18/30 24/25

Horizon, Sydney, 1998, 43 flrs MLC, Sydney, 1975, 67 flrs, 150 m 24/25 19/30

Hong Kong Central, 1980-4, 34m spans 20/30 24/25

Grande Arche, La Defense Paris, 1982-90 Century Tower, Tokyo, 1991 21/30 24/25

WTC, NY, 1984-7, span 18.3m 22/30 24/25

Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA 1988-2002 23/30 24/25

Parabolic Cable Structure Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis Westcoast Transmission Tower, 1969 24/30 14/25 Shaping Structures: Statics, W. Zalewski and E. Allen (1998)

Tenerife Auditorium 2003 25/30 22/25

Putrajaya Convention Centre, Malaysia, 2001-3 TWA Terminal, NY, 1962 26/30 22/25

Los Manantiales Restaurant, Xochimilco, Mexico, 1958 27/30 22/25

Biosphere, Montreal, Expo 1967, 76m dia Eden Project, Cornwall, 2001 22/25 28/30

Crane Island, Washington, 1972 Lovett Vacation House Crane Island, Washington, 1972 29/30 19/25

Seidler House Killara, 1966-7 30/30 20/25