Lecture: Week 1

Example Structures -- Images

Weidlinger Associates, Memorial to Ben Franklin, Naguchi Museum, Philadelphia, PA [1984]

Mies Van der Rohe, Glass Skyscraper project [1920-1921]

Gustave Eiffel, Maria Pia Bridge, Porto, Portugal, [1877] - central arch

Gustave Eiffel, Maria Pia Bridge, Porto, Portugal, [1877] - trestle & struts

Gustave Eiffel, Maria Pia Bridge, Porto, Portugal, [1877] - trestle & struts

Gustave Eiffel, Rouzat Viaduct [1869] - truss view from below

Gustave Eiffel, Rouzat Viaduct [1869] - truss view from below

George Washington Bridge, New York, NY - suspension system

bridge @ Royal Gorge, CO - suspension system / windy conditions

Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, France [1929]

Richard Neutra, Lovell House, Los Angeles, CA [1929]

Gustave Eiffel, Satue of Liberty, New York, NY - under construction

Gustave Eiffel, Satue of Liberty, New York, NY - under construction

Robert A.M. Stern, Espace Euro Disney, Villiers-sur-Marne [1990] - entrance detail

Pennsylvania Central Bridge, Pittsburg, PA [1908] - steel Pratt truss

T. Cooper, Quebec Bridge, Canada [1907] - collapse

Narrows Bridge, Tacoma, WA - wind induced oscillations

Jenney & Mundie, Fair Department Store, Chicago, IL [1891]

Jenney & Mundie, Fair Department Store, Chicago, IL [1891] - terra cotta cornice detail

Jenney & Mundie, Fair Department Store, Chicago, IL [1891] - under construction

Jenney & Mundie, Fair Department Store, Chicago, IL [1891] - column / girder detail

composite beam - detail

wood construction - plan / section-axon

tension members - diagram