Building Structures Illustrated: Patterns, Systems, and Design

Francis D.K.Ching brings his trademark presentation to the structural design studio with this major new work co-authored by Barry Onouye and Douglas Zuberbuhler.Taking a new approach to strucural design, Ching and his co-authors show how structural systems of a building — as an integrated assembly of elements with pattern, proportions, and scale — are related to the essential aspects of architectural design: formal and spatial composition, program fit, coordination with other building systems