Steel Structures Detailing Guide

This emblematic chair, with its pure lines and sober aesthetics, has a long design history. Between the original idea and the release of the model by Vitra…

Robert le Ricolais was a french architect and engineer, with a career in both the USA and France, and known for his research into tensegrity and trellises.

Judd began using Cor-ten steel in the 1980s for a small number of large-scale outdoor pieces, and by 1989 would create single and multi-part works…

One of the most enigmatic and underappreciated architects of the 20th century, Carlo Scarpa is best known for his instinctive approach to materials,

Recognized as one of the world’s great architects, Norman Foster is known for his complementary yet ultra-modern redesigns of classic buildings and for his…

German architect and structural engineer Frei Otto (born 31 May 1925) was well known for his pioneering innovations in lightweight and tensile structures.

In his residential projects, Ellwood used steel-frame construction to striking effect. He was involved in the ‘Case study houses’ experiment, sponsored by…

Junzo Sakakura was one of the first architects to incorporate elements from traditional Japanese design into 20th-century European modernism.

On 28 May 1900, the Gare d’Orsay (now the Musée d’Orsay) was opened. The name refers to the place where it was built, the Quai d’Orsay.