Hardcover without dust jacket. Some rubbing and scratches noted to glossy finish. Mild bumping to back cover corners. Pages clean and unmarked with many illustrations. Previous owner marked name with magic marker to fore edges.

This book offers a fresh, new approach to the study of structures for students and practitioners of architecture and structural engineering. Emphasizing graphics rather than mathematics and rote learning, the book teaches statics and strength of materials in the context of a set of projects that involve students in the entire process of designing elegant, long-span structures, from concept generation to detailing and planning for construction.

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Title: Form and Forces: Designing Efficient, Expressive Structures
Publisher: Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 047017465X
ISBN 13: 9780470174654
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Dimensions: 3.81 centimeters width by 28.19 centimeters height by 21.34 centimeters depth
Weight: 1712 grams

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Here, in one volume, is all the architect needs to know to participate in the entire process of designing structures. Emphasizing bestselling author Edward Allen's graphical approach, the book enables you to quickly determine the desired form of a building or other structure and easily design it without the need for complex mathematics. This unique text teaches the whole process of structural design for architects, including selection of suitable materials, finding a suitable configuration, finding forces and size members, designing appropriate connections, and proposing a feasible method of erection. Chapters are centered on the design of a whole structure, from conception through construction planning.

About the Author

EDWARD ALLEN has taught for more than thirty years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, and the University of Oregon. He is the bestselling author of Fundamentals of Building Construction, Fifth Edition.

WACŁAW ZALEWSKI is Professor Emeritus of Structural Design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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