TY  - GEN
AU  - Sandaker, Bjorn Normann
TI  - On span and space: exploring structures in architecture
SN  - 9780415357920
U1  - 721 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Taylor & Francis Ltd
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
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Preface and acknowledgements	ix xi
Part 1	
PHilOSOPHY	
Fundamental aspects of structures	1
Defining structures	
Aspects of structural form	4
Culture and construction	12
Explanation vs. interpretation of structural form	13
Part2	
PRAGMATICS	
Structural form and some mechanical problems	19
Three basic concepts	19
Structural materials and form	20
Mechanical efficiency and the economy of means	57
Structural scale	77
Part3	
AESTHETICS	
An aesthetics of structures	97
An aesthetic qualification: the freedom to choose	97
Aesthetics and structures	99
The aesthetic experience	109
Aesthetics of the mechanical function	125
Aesthetics of the spatial function	140
Notes      181
Bibliographical references	197
Index	203

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