The desire of architects and clients to produce highly transparent structures of long spans has led to the development of many interesting systems for the support of Glazing. In these structures, the structural engineer often takes a substantial role in developing the form and hence the aesthetics. This is evidenced in case studies of five recent projects presented in this paper. They all demonstrate close collaboration between architect and structural engineer to determine the form and details and with specialist subcontractor to achieve high quality execution.
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