Showing 45 articles for: Art and Architecture
Engineering and the Artist's Eye – Literature
Arthur Bourne
The third in a series looking at engineering’s relationship with the arts.
Philosophy in the making
Dr Natasha McCarthy
What can philosophy learn from engineering, and what can engineering gain in return?
The Downland gridshell: Innovative design in timber
Michael Dickson FREng and Richard Harris
The new building for the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum was built using the first double-layer timber gridshell ever constructed in the UK
Building simulation: virtual prototyping for construction projects
David Stribling
Dynamic thermal modelling, computational fluid dynamics and other methods of simulating the external factors on a finished building
Engineering and the artist’s eye
Arthur Bourne
How engineering creativity, apparent in even the most functional designs, has inspired artists for generations
Engineering architecture: The art of engineering structures from the Pantheon to the Jubilee Line
J Robert Benaim FREng
Civil engineers can produce a distinct form of architecture, based on their understanding of structural behaviour, rationality and economy
Tate Modern
John Hirst
The conversion of a redundant power station into a modern gallery is an outstanding success