Bridge Aesthetics Around the WorldThis publication presents the perspectives and insights of the world's present-day authorities on bridge aesthetics and design. Bridge engineers and architects representing 16 nations examine and highlight the aesthetic appearance of existing bridges with the goal of improving tomorrow's bridge design. Supplementing the individual papers is a comprehensive bibliography on bridge aesthetics, containing annotated references to more than 250 books, papers, and articles. There are 245 black-and-white photographs and numerous line drawings plus 24 pages of color plates. Author biographical information is provided and an index of bridges and locations is included. Individual entries into the TRIS data base have been made for the 22 papers and the bibliography. |
Contents
Aesthetic Evaluation of Bridges | 1 |
Aesthetics and Concrete Segmental Bridges | 18 |
Developing Guidelines for Aesthetic Design | 32 |
Aesthetics for Short and MediumSpan Bridges | 58 |
Providing for Aesthetic Quality in Bridge Design | 80 |
The Three Mentalities of Successful Bridge Design | 89 |
Architecture in Bridge Design | 105 |
Historical Transition of Suspension Bridge Tower Forms in Japan | 122 |
Pedestrian Bridges in the City | 137 |
Visual Aspects of Short and MediumSpan Bridges | 155 |
Aesthetics in Bridge Design | 177 |
Should We Do More About Aesthetics? | 197 |
Creating a Beautiful Bridge | 215 |
An Australian View | 230 |
Author Biographical Information | 264 |
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