Structures in Architecture

Contents: Preface. Foreword. 1. Structures in nature and forms of structures. 2. Loads and structure systems. 3. Bulk active structures. 4. Vector active structures. 5. Form active structures. 6. Surface active structures. 7. Pneumatic structures.

The essence of structure design is to form a system that will direct the forcers in certain directions and bring them to ground with the maximum material efficiency and minimum of interior space obstruction. There is hardly any structure, which will exclusively belong to one system, but for ease of understanding, each structure system has been discussed separately.