> Conrad,
>
>> Structural engineers are a new life form, civil engineers and
>> architects can
>> equally well complete their task without the services of structural
>> engineers.
>
> You obviously deal with a different species of Architect to those I
> had to deal with in my younger days when I was designing. And from
> what I have heard from current practicing structural engineers, the
> situation has changed but not improved.
Read the book "Light, Wind, and Structure: The Mystery of the Master
Builders" by Robert Mark, Published 1990 by MIT Press.
It chronicles the sundering of "form" from "function" in the design of
monumental structures, and shows how "design by committee" has caused a
deterioration in both.
It was the basis for an episode of PBS' "Nova" back in the 90s. I know
that will make it sacred knowledge to certain on this list.
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