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Design Studies 1A READING STRUCTURES
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W. H. Smith (1980). The world’s Great Architecture, Hamlyn, London Vickers G. (1998). Key Moments in Architecture, 2/30
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Pyramid of Cheops, Giza, 2589 B.C. Saqqara Step Pyramid 2650 B.C.
230m wide, m high Saqqara Step Pyramid 2650 B.C. 61 m high 3/30
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Knossos c 1600 B.C. Egyptian Temples 4/30
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Greek & Roman temples 5/31
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Colosseum, Rome, 80 A.D. Arch of Titus, Rome 81 A.D. Pont du Gard,
48m high, 188m long, 156 m wide Arch of Titus, Rome 81 A.D. Pont du Gard, Nimes c. 20 B.C. 6/30
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Islamic Arches Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, 709-715
Arch of Ctesiphon c. 540 18m high 7/30
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St. Sernin, Toulouse 1080 – 12th C
Colosseum sections St. Sernin, Toulouse 1080 – 12th C 8/30
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N.D. de Paris c 1200 A.D. 9/30
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Lyons Opera House, 1830 Orly Hangar, 1921-3 King’s College Chapel
62m high Orly Hangar, 75m span King’s College Chapel Cambridge, 10/30
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Trulli Houses, Italy, 18th C. Pantheon, Rome, 125 A. D. 43m span 11/30
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Hagia Sofia Mosque, Istanbul, 537, 31m
Florence Dome, 1436 42m span 12/30
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Tamburlaine, Samarkand, 14 th C Millenium Dome, London
St. Peters, Rome, 1626 Astrodome, Houston 1965, m span Tomb of Tamburlaine, Samarkand, 14 th C Millenium Dome, London , >160 m span 13/30
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Waterloo Train Station 1848
Air Terminal Frankfurt, span ~50m Carreau du Temple, Paris 1863-5 14/30
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Pompidou Centre, Paris, 1971-7
Astrodome, Houston 1965, m span Waterloo Chunnel Station, , span 35-50m length 400m 15/30
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Hong Kong Bank, 1986 16/30
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Telstra Stadium, Sydney, 1996- 9, span 300m
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Australia Sq, Sydney, 1967, 42m dia, 50 storeys 18/30 24/25
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Horizon, Sydney, 1998, 43 flrs MLC, Sydney, 1975, 67 flrs, 150 m 24/25
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Hong Kong Central, 1980-4, 34m spans 20/30 24/25
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Grande Arche, La Defense Paris, 1982-90
Century Tower, Tokyo, 1991 21/30 24/25
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WTC, NY, , span 18.3m 22/30 24/25
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Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA 23/30 24/25
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Parabolic Cable Structure Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis
Westcoast Transmission Tower, 1969 24/30 14/25 Shaping Structures: Statics, W. Zalewski and E. Allen (1998)
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Tenerife Auditorium 2003 25/30 22/25
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Putrajaya Convention Centre, Malaysia, 2001-3 TWA Terminal, NY, 1962
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Los Manantiales Restaurant, Xochimilco, Mexico, 1958
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Biosphere, Montreal, Expo 1967, 76m dia Eden Project, Cornwall, 2001
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Crane Island, Washington, 1972
Lovett Vacation House Crane Island, Washington, 1972 29/30 19/25
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Seidler House Killara, 30/30 20/25
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