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Angus J Macdonald
Writer on Architectural Structures, Architectural History and Sustainability
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Structures
Structure and architecture. What is an architectural structure?
Form and Efficiency
Structural Archetypes – the shapes of structural elements
Introduction to structural archetypes
Form and Internal Force Type
Overall form: Form-active, Semi-form-active and non-form-active structures
Detailed Form – the concept of ‘improvement’
Economy of Means – design for low embodied energy
Examples of the application of structural archetypes to the critical appraisal of buildings
Approaches to embodied energy in pre-Modern and Modern architecture
Structural Principles – fundamental properties of structuires
Equilibrium
Stability
Adequate Strength
Adequate Rigidity
Structural Wisdom – attributes of good structural design
Aspects of Structure that affect Design
The Buckling Phenomenon
Continuity and Statical Determinacy
Joints
Strategies for Structural Design
Structure, Architecture and Sustainability – Moving beyond carbon Modernity
Structural Design for Sustainability
A Note on Aesthetics
Angus Macdonald’s Lectures
Architects
Architectural History
Structure and Architecture
Exaptive Design
Ethical Design
Angus Macdonald’s Publications
Blog
Steel Architecture (book)
The Architecture of Steel (lecture)
Architecture in the Capitalocene (book chapter)
News Honours Course – Sustainable Architecture, Structural Form and Embodied Energy
Home
About
Structures
Strategies for Structural Design
Structure, Architecture and Sustainability – Moving beyond carbon Modernity
A Note on Aesthetics
Angus Macdonald’s Lectures
Angus Macdonald’s Publications
Blog
News Honours Course – Sustainable Architecture, Structural Form and Embodied Energy
Adequate Rigidity
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