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Book Synopsis
This new edition of Collaborations in Architecture and Engineering explores how to effectively develop creative collaborations among architects and engineers. The authors, an architect and an engineer, share insights gained from their experiences and research on fostering productive communication, engaging in interdisciplinary discussions, and establishing common design goals. Together, they share the tools, methods, and best practices deployed by prominent innovative architects and engineers to provide readers with the key elements for success in interdisciplinary design collaborations.
The book offers engaging stories about prominent architect and engineer collaborationsââsuch as those between SANAA and Sasaki and Partners, Adjaye Associates and Silman, Grafton Architects and AKT II, Studio Gang and Arup, Foster + Partners and Buro Happold, Steven Holl Architects and Guy Nordenson and Associates, and among the engineers and architects at SOM. In the second edition, th
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Call for Collaboration and Diverse Voices 2. Architects and Engineers in the Academy: The Challenge of the Silos 3. Architects and Engineers in the Profession: The Barriers and Benefits of Collaboration Case Studies in Collaboration: Civic Buildings 4. National Museum of African American History and Culture: Historical Design Concepts Driving Collaborative Design 5. Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History: Collaborating on an Architecture-Structural Concept as a Foundation For Design 6. Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art: Collaboration for Minimalism and Transparency 7. Billie Jean King Main Library: Collaborating on Mass Timber and Carbon Accounting 8. Case for Collaboration: Net Zero—The Frick Environmental Center and the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design Case Studies in Collaboration: Institutional Buildings 9. Marshall Building at the London School of Economics: Collaborating to Knit Structure into the Urban Fabric 10. 41 Cooper Square at the Cooper Union: Integrated Technologies for a High-Tech Lab Building 11. Antwerp Port House for the Port Authority: Collaborating on Rationalization and Constructability 12. Simmons Hall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Collaborating on Discipline and Play 13. Case for Collaboration: Circularity—The People’s Pavilion and the Urban Mining and Recycling Unit Case Studies in Collaboration: Transportation Buildings 14. Amman Queen Alia International Airport: Integrating Modularity and Constructability 15. Berlin Hauptbahnhof: Collaborating on Lightness and Large Spans 16. Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center: Rationalizing Facades for Cost-Effectiveness and Performance 17. Groundwork to Support Collaborations: Owners, Project Goals, and Contracts 18. Tools to Support Collaboration: Software Appendix: Guidelines for Developing Interdisciplinary Courses
