Steel Structures Detailing Guide

‘Rockefeller, Rockefeller, you’re my rockefella’ The iconic photograph ‘Lunch atop a Skyscraper’, depicting workers resting for a meal during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, has been hanging in my…

De Hef is the popular name of the Koningshavenbrug, a railway lift bridge over the Koningshaven in Rotterdam that has been decommissioned for rail traffic since 24 September 1993. The…

The Dom Luís I Bridge is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the River Douro between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal.

The biggest legacy of Trude Hooykaas is without any doubt the wonderful Kraanspoor project on the river IJ in Amsterdam. In August 1997, Trudy is cycling along the waterfront, in…

The Gateway Arch is a 192 m monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, it is…

The headquarters of Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in Geneva is a steel structure building in sustainable design and surrounded by parkland. It is located…

Louis Armét (October 26, 1914 – October 11, 1981) was an American architect and strong proponent of Googie architecture in Southern California during the…

Peter Rice was an outstanding designer. Born in Ireland, he studied engineering at Queens University in Belfast and Imperial College in London. In 1956…

Charlotte Perriand (24 oktober 1903 – 27 oktober 1999) was a French interior architect, designer and photographer. A visionary and innovator, she was a member of the avant-garde cultural movement…

Sir Anthony Alfred Caro (8 March 1924 – 23 October 2013) was an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterized by assemblages of steel using ‘found’ industrial objects. Anthony Caro…