Online Book on the Palace and the Bridge - The Modern Art of Structural Engineering

What do architectures like the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete ceilings of Pier Luigi Nervi have same difference? As said by this book, present in its first novel publication, all are remarkable illustrations of fundamental artistry, an electrifying structure different from either structural design or machine drawing. Supported by several eye-catching demonstrations, David Billington explains superior structural masterminds-artists, for example, John A. Roebling, Gustave Eiffel, Fazlur Khan, and Robert Maillart.

"David P. Billington is evidently gained upon excellent structures -- he indicates it when he declares that main functions of structural engineering are similar to the craft of poems, as architecture is the craft of writing style. That is a book on structural engineering that observes its topic in the context of the larger performance of the past and civilization, and for the range of this viewpoint only, it is inspiring."— 1 Review

"Big community structure - walkways, towers, powerhouses, transport depots possess an existence and eternalness that hardly any other artificial objects can go with. In this stimulating survey, David Billington declares persuasively that the finest of them not only conquer practical disputes but also accomplish the rank of craft." – Review of book

David P. Billington is lecturer of Civil Engineering at Princeton University and writer of Robert Maillart's Bridge: The Art of Engineering (Princeton).

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