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[...]... form was minimal The relationship between structure and architecture can therefore take many forms and it is the purpose of this book to explore these against a background of information concerning the technical properties and requirements of structures The author hopes that it will be found useful by architectural critics and historians as well as students and practitioners of the professions concerned... building envelope and to cause it to Fig 1.1 Loads on the building envelope Gravitational loads due to snow and to the occupation of the building cause roof and floor structures to bend and induce compressive internal forces in walls Wind causes pressure and suction loads to act on all external surfaces collapse; it is to prevent this from happening that a structure is provided The function of a structure. .. Willis, Faber and Dumas, Ipswich, UK (Figs 1.6 and 7.37), 3 Structure and Architecture the reinforced concrete structure of floor slabs and columns may be thought of as having a dual function The columns are purely structural, although they do punctuate the interior spaces and are space-dividing elements, to some extent The floors are both structural and space-dividing elements Here, however, the situation... non-structural and combined functions In all cases the form of the structure is very closely related to that of the building taken as a whole and the elegance with which the structure fulfils its function is something which affects the quality of the architecture Fig 1.14 Local authority housing, Haddington, Scotland, 1974; J A W Grant, architects These buildings have loadbearing masonry walls and timber floor and. .. especially in tall buildings where the effects of wind loading are significant 2.4 Strength and rigidity 2.4.1 Introduction The application of load to a structure generates internal forces in the elements and external reacting forces at the foundations (Fig 2.16) and the elements and foundations must 15 Structure and Architecture Fig 2.16 The structural elements of a building conduct the loads to the foundations... Norwich and the warehouse and showroom for the Renault car company at Swindon (see Fig 3.19) In most buildings the relationship between the envelope and the structure is more complicated than in the above examples, and frequently this is because the interior of the building is subdivided to a greater extent by internal walls and floors For instance, in Foster Associates’ building for Willis, Faber and. .. approaches to the relationship between structure and architecture are possible In the ‘high tech’ architecture of the 1980s (Fig iv), for example, the structural elements discipline the plan and general arrangement of the building and form an important part of the visual vocabulary In the early Modern buildings of Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier (see Fig 7.34) and others, the forms which were adopted... skeletal metal framework The house with masonry walls and timber floor and roof structures is a traditional form of building in most parts of the world It is found in many forms, from the historic grand houses of the European landed aristocracy (Fig 1.12) to modern homes in the UK (Figs 1.13 and 1.14) Even the simplest versions of this form of masonry and timber building (Fig 1.13) are fairly complex assemblies... One of the grandest domestic buildings in Europe, the Château de Chambord has a loadbearing masonry structure Most of the walls are structural; the floors are either of timber or vaulted masonry and the roof structure is of timber (Photo: P & A Macdonald) Fig 1.13 Traditional construction in the UK, in its twentieth-century form, with loadbearing masonry walls and timber floor and roof structures All... enclosed in non-structural finishing materials 7 Structure and Architecture consideration could result in a straightforward breakdown of parts with the masonry walls and timber floors being regarded as having both structural and space-dividing functions and the roof as consisting of a combination of the purely supportive trusses, which are the structural elements, and the purely protective, nonstructural skin . w0 h0" alt="" Structure and Architecture This Page Intentionally Left Blank Structure and Architecture Angus J. Macdonald Department of Architecture, University. object 67 6.4 Conclusion 71 7 Structure and architecture 73 7.1 Introduction 73 7.2 The types of relationship between structure and architecture 73 7.3 The