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Frame and Form (estructura y forma) was born with the modest desire to promote and disseminate structural design culture. The content of this blog is based on small articles where synthesized information is provided about accomplishments , events, history, contests and curiosities of marked structural works like bridges or buildings. These capsules of information intended [...]

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29 March, 2010

SmartGeometry 2010 Report

From 19 th to 24 th Barcelona hosted SmartGeometry 2010, an annual event for architects and engineers focused on exploring the benefits and improvements of the use of innovative tools for designing new forms of formal and structural expression. Frame and Form had the pleasure of being invited as specialised press on structural design and the pursuit of advanced forms. Under these lines, the event report.

3 July, 2009

Paper Structures. Shigeru Ban

'The engineers are always trying to get more and more resistant materials, but I do not believe that a material needs to be resistant to compose a structure with a high bearing capacity. The ability of a structure has nothing to do with the strength of the materials that compose. You can design a building [...]