The Science Of Architecture

The Science of Architecture How forces act on buildings & how buildings resist them

What Forces Affect Buildings? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gravity Forces – Live Loads ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gravity Forces – Dead Loads ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gravity Forces – Dead Loads ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lateral Forces ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lateral Forces – Wind Loads ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lateral Forces – Seismic Loads ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lateral Forces – Wave Loads ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Forces Due to Temperature ,[object Object],[object Object]

Forces Due to Temperature ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Building Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Building Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Building Structure – Beam Diagram

Building Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Building Structure - Column Diagram

Building Structure - Connections ,[object Object],[object Object]

Building Structure - Trusses ,[object Object]

Building Structure – Truss Diagram

Building Examples Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

Building Examples The Parthenon, Greece

Building Examples Gothic Cathedral – St. Patricks’s, NYC

Building Examples Eiffel Tower, Paris

Building Examples World Trade Center Towers

Building Examples John Hancock Building, Chicago

Building Examples Sears Tower, Chicago

Building Examples Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Building Examples Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan

Building Examples Burj Dubai Tower, Dubai, UAE

World’s Current Tallest Buildings

World’s Tallest Buildings Timeline

Let’s Build! Brian M. Taylor, AIA Brian M. Taylor Architects P.C.

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