Table of Contents

Contributions on:

• Comprehension of complex forms
• Computer and experimental methods
• Concrete and masonry structures
• Emerging technologies
• Glass structures
• Innovative architectural and structural design
• Lightweight and membrane structures
• Special structures
• Steel and composite structures
• The borderline between architecture and structural engineering
• The history of the relationship between architects and structual engineers
• The tectonic of new solutions
• The use of new materials
• Timber structures

About the Author

Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal