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Angus J Macdonald

Writer on Architectural Structures, Architectural History and Sustainability

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  • About
  • 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

Aspects of Structure that affect Design

The Buckling Phenomenon

Continuity and Statical Determinacy

Joints

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