Manual of Structural Design by Eberhard Möller maps structural systems across building typologies, using classical masterpieces and outstanding contemporary projects to demonstrate how construction principles can be evaluated, compared, and communicated across disciplines.
About This Book
Structural design rarely lives within a single material or system — it demands lateral thinking across typologies, loads, and collaborative planning processes. This manual takes that reality seriously, presenting construction principles not as isolated technical recipes but as a comparative framework for decision-making. By setting classical works alongside current projects, the book allows readers to see how structural logic evolves across building tasks and scales. For architects, engineers, and students engaged in interdisciplinary practice, the visual side-by-side organisation provides a shared language — a practical foundation for conversations that too often stall at the boundary between design intuition and structural rigour.
Key Features
- 256 pages of comparative structural diagrams, classical and contemporary project references, and typology-based construction principles
- Author: Eberhard Möller
- Published by Birkhäuser Verlag, ISBN 9783955535650
What You'll Discover
- How structural systems can be evaluated comparatively across different building tasks rather than assessed in isolation
- The structural potential of classical architectural masterpieces read alongside outstanding current projects
- Construction principles organised to support interdisciplinary communication between architects and structural engineers
- A material-agnostic approach that foregrounds the logic of structural form over specific construction technologies
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 256
- Dimensions: 297 x 230 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783955535650
- Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and structural engineers navigating interdisciplinary design processes, architecture students building fluency in structural systems, and educators seeking a comparative teaching resource across building typologies.