Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction 1
Part I: Horizontal Cantilevers 5
1. Cantilevered Furniture 7
1.1 Cantilever Chairs 8
1.2 Cantilever Tables 20
2. Cantilevered Building Components 27
2.1 Cantilevered Stairs 27
2.2 Cantilevered Balconies 39
2.3 Cantilevered Canopies 49
3. Cantilevered Buildings 61
3.1 Cantilevered Proportioning 64
3.2 Jettying 72
3.3 Large One-Sided Cantilevers 79
3.4 Large Two-Sided Cantilevers 107
3.5 Merged Cantilevers 119
3.6 Stacked Multiple Cantilevers 130
Part II: Vertical Cantilevers
4. Structural Systems for Tall Buildings 145
4.1 Interior Structures 149
4.2 Exterior Structures 163
4.3 Interior-Exterior-Integrated Structures 201
5. Damping Systems for Tall Buildings 213
5.1 Passive Damping Systems 216
5.2 Active Damping Systems 226
6. Integrative Design of Complex-Shaped Tall Buildings 229
6.1 Aerodynamic Forms 230
6.2 Twisted Tall Buildings 232
6.3 Tilted Tall Buildings 239
6.4 Tapered Tall Buildings 247
6.5 Freeform Tall Buildings 251
6.5 Conjoined Tall Buildings 253
Index 261