Diagrid Structures: Systems, Connections, Details

Terri Meyer Boake

Published by Birkhäuser 2014

Diagrid Structures

Systems, Connections, Details

Terri Meyer Boake

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783038214823

Overview
Contents

About this book

Optimized structural steel systems

Diagrids are load-bearing structures made of steel diagonal grids. They were first used in the great buildings of the turn of the millennium, such as the Swiss Re Tower in London (“The Gherkin”) and the Hearst Magazine Tower in New York City. Dagrids owe their ensuing popularity not only to their stunning aesthetic value, but also to their very tangible benefits: lateral loading capacity, a massive saving of material, a significant gain in open, usable floor area, and increased flexibility. At its opening in 2014, the Leadenhall Building in London will be the first skyscraper without a bearing inner core—thanks to a diagrid structure.
This book explains comprehensively for the first time all of the aspects involved in this new bearing structure. The author, experienced in teaching, research, and practice (recent publication: Understanding Steel Design. An Architectural Design Manual, 2011), has tracked the development of this technology from its beginnings and employs photographic documentation of the construction phases of many diagrid structures.

An innovative structural system from concept to construction
Detailed and descriptive, based on photographic accounts of building phases
Enhancing the understanding of advanced architecture

Author / Editor information

Terri Meyer Boake, Professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada

Supplementary Materials

Look inside

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
FOREWORD Edwin Basson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
TIMELINE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
CHAPTER 1 A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
CHAPTER 2 EVOLUTION O F DIAGRID FRAMING SYSTEMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
CHAPTER 3 PRINCIPLES OF THE CONTEMPORARY DIAGRID STRUCTURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
CHAPTER 4 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
CHAPTER 5 MODULES AND MODULARITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
CHAPTER 6 NO DE AND MEMBER DESIGN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
CHAPTER 7 CORE DESIGN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
CHAPTER 8 CONSTRUCTABILITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
CHAPTER 9 FAÇADE DESIGN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
CHAPTER 10 EXTERIOR DIAGRIDS AND DOUBLE FAÇADE SYSTEMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
CHAPTER 11 PROJECT PROFILES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
APPENDIX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Professionals: architects, structural engineers
Pages
- Main content: 184
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 250
Keywords: Architektur; Diagonale Fachwerkgitter; Hochhäuser; Stahlbau; Tragwerke

eBook

Published: January 23, 2014
ISBN: 9783038214823

Hardcover

Published: January 20, 2014
ISBN: 9783038215646