High Tech Architecture

Angus J Macdonald is Professor Emeritus of Architectural Structures in the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and a former Head of the Department of Architecture, both at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include architectural structures, architectural history and cultural landscape. He is the author or co-author of eleven books on these subjects, including the acclaimed Structure and Architecture, now in its third edition and available in seven languages and as an e-book; Structural Design for Architecture, an overview of structural design in relation to architecture; and a professional biography of the High Tech structural engineer Anthony Hunt, in the series, of which he was the joint originator, The Engineer's Contribution to Contemporary Architecture, published by Thomas Telford Ltd (The Institution of Civil Engineers, UK).