The Science of Architecture

The series The Science of Architecture has now been converted from video to DVD and is available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Programs:

1. Loads: Dead or Alive -- What makes buildings stand up?
2. Push and Pull -- The forces that pull them down
3. Trust Those Triangles -- The history, uses and principles of beams, trusses and space frames
4. Where's the Trust Line? -- A chronicle of homo sapiens' strategies to construct walls and roofs that won't fall down
5. Triumphant Arches -- The strength and uses of arches, from monolithic to hinged
6. The Shell -- How humans have tried to copy the structural strength of the eggshell
7. The Suspension of Disbelief -- Structures that use suspension and still stay up
8. How High Is Up? -- Problems created by today's skyscrapers, and possibilities of architecture tomorrow