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Architecture

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The Official Sub for Architecture
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Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art.

Images, drawings, articles, discussions, and opinions on anything related to architecture are welcome here.




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The Design Change That Took 114 Lives | Hyatt Walkway Collapse     (www.youtube.com)
submitted by happytoes to Architecture 5 days ago (+2/-0)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXaBxX4ieFY

Explains the engineering problem that caused the collapse. Takes me back to my Applied Mathematics A-level (a Britbong qualification for 18 year olds). Here is the pin jointed framework, work out the forces.

But the original design was impractical to make, and the changes to make it practical looked like it would be just as strong...