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13 July, 2010

A selection of links v1.0

This week in the library are going to introduce a series of links to pages from Form Frame and regularly visited:

17 May, 2010

Arups on Engineering III – Key Speech

This is the third and final post of the miniseries Arups on Engineering. Previously we talked about the concepts of Learning Society and Integrated Design present in the various tests that make up the book on Engineering Arups. In this post we focus on her famous “Key Speech” than Ove Arup conducted in 1970.

27 April, 2010

Arups on Engineering II – Integrated Design

In this second post of the miniseries on Arup Engineering (here the first ) discuss the concept of integrated design architecture also known as total.

19 April, 2010

Arups on Engineering I – Learning Society

Arups on Engineering was published to celebrate the 50 anniversary of the founding of Arup by Ove Arup and 1946. This book reveals the depths of the international firm of designers across 30 essays by some of its members. Several disciplines in the book on line “total design“, posts in this miniseries will focus on the texts related to the structural design.

Kingsgatebridge - Foto por Iqbal Aalam

22 February, 2010

Understanding Bridge Collapses

This is one of those books that probably no designer wants to see your work reflected. However Björn Åkesson work is very valuable because it shows examples of what happens when things go wrong, very bad.

Portada - Understanding Bridge Collapses

25 January, 2010

The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy

Once again David P. Billington focuses its work around Swiss engineers, this time explicitly. The book is part of the exposure homonymous organized by the Princeton University Art Museum and 2003.

14 December, 2009

Structurae – more than a database

Structurae is a database that contains information related to the world of structural design through the contribution of volunteers scattered around the world. Its creator Nicolas Janberg was inspired by the database of architectural projects ArchINFORM while working at Princeton University to create it. In this edition of the library we wanted to celebrate the contribution of Structurae to the world around us.

16 November, 2009

Several Bones Exhibition – Miguel Fisac

In this installment of the Library we talk about the exhibition Bones Various. This shows part of the architect's work Miguel Fisac Serna (1913-2006),specifically, a group of precast concrete pieces whose shape is similar to bony structures.

son Lindman

Jaroslav Pelikan hit upon the idea of such sites following a creative process whose main premise is summarized in the following quote…

2 November, 2009

Exhibition BanaVäg. Stockholm Arkitekturmuseet

Frame and Form were lucky to be invited to visit the Stockholm Arkitekturmusset (AE) with the exhibition BanaVäg. The AE was opened in 1994 with the aim of highlighting the architecture and urbanism and to promote research in these fields.

son Lindman

The AE offers two major exhibitions to visitors. The first…

19 October, 2009

Man On Wire – The man who challenged the vacuum I

First part of a mini-series of two posts about the film Man on Wire. This documentary account of the feat performed by the circus performer Philippe Petit and 1974 when aided by a group of friends and supporters crossed the distance from the missing twin towers of the World Trade Center walking a tightrope without harness, wireless and of course without permission.

Portada Man On Wire

The documentary has won several film awards but that's not why they appear in Frame and Form…

21 September, 2009

The Happy Pontist

The Library also want to highlight those sites / blogs that make a contribution to the world of structural design.

One of these blogs that we regularly Frame and Form is The Happy Pontist (THP). This blog contains the observations of a bridge designer whose fascination with the topic comes up in their [...]

7 June, 2009

New section: Library

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In order to broaden the content of this platform for the dissemination of structural design culture, Frame and Form opens new section: LIBRARY.
Regularly, our new contributor, Jorge Parra will bring us an exclusive selection of books, magazines, publications and articles in both traditional and digital format. Continuing with the spirit [...]