Footbridges : construction, design, history / Ursula Baus, Mike Schlaich ; with photographs by Wilfried Dechau ; [translation into English: Chris Sieser, Richard Toovey]
Frontmatter -- About this Book -- Bridges and Pictures -- Characterization -- Parameters and Structural Design -- Retrospective -- Construction as an Ethical Maxim -- Taking Lightness to the Limit -- Stress Ribbon Bridges -- Dynamics, vibrations -- Experiments in Construction -- Curved Bridges -- City Expansion and Renovation -- The Bridge as Interior Space -- Covered and Enclosed Bridges -- The Call for Symbols -- Play Stations -- Moveable Bridges -- Landscape, Gardens -- Footbridges
Summary
Bridges have become a focus of increased attention and awareness in the last ten years as highly visible elements that define the urban and nonurban landscape. This book contains detailed presentations of some sixty-five bridges from ten European countries, with text, comprehensive and detail plans, and photographs taken especially for the volume
Analysis
Civil engineering & construction
Town planning
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249) and index
