Table of Contents

Part 1: Surface Architecture 1. Lightweight Design – New Directions 2. The Quest for Thinness Part 2: Membrane Structures 3. Types and Structural Behaviour 4. Form-Finding and Analysis 5. Materials and Fabrication Part 3: Rigid Surfaces 6. Form and Structure 7. From Concepts to Constructs 8. Material and Construction Approaches Part 4: Perspectives 9. Emerging Technologies and Systems 10. Towards a New Architecture of Structural Surfaces