00615618

Monograph

This 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.

This publication is also available in hard cover (ISBN: 0-309-05072-3).

308 p.

1991

0-309-05112-6 (PBK)

Figures; Photos; References

Aesthetics; Bridge design; Bridges; Structural design

Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

TRIS, TRB

Sep 30 1991 12:00AM

• AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY BRIDGE DESIGN. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR BRIDGE OVERPASS DESIGN. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• AESTHETIC EVALUATION OF BRIDGES. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• AESTHETICS AND CONCRETE SEGMENTAL BRIDGES. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• AESTHETICS AND ENGINEERS: PROVIDING FOR AESTHETIC QUALITY IN BRIDGE DESIGN. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• AESTHETICS FOR SHORT- AND MEDIUM-SPAN BRIDGES. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• AESTHETICS IN BRIDGE DESIGN. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON BRIDGE AESTHETICS. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• ARCHITECTURE IN BRIDGE DESIGN. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• BRIDGE AESTHETICS IN INDIA. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• BRIDGES AND THE NEW ART OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• BRIDGES IN SWEDEN: SHOULD WE DO MORE ABOUT AESTHETICS? BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• CREATING A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• DEVELOPING GUIDELINES FOR AESTHETIC DESIGN. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF BRIDGE AESTHETICS: AN AUSTRALIAN VIEW. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• FORM, MODELING, AND COMPOSITION IN BRIDGE AESTHETICS. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• HISTORICAL TRANSITION OF SUSPENSION BRIDGE TOWER FORMS IN JAPAN. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES IN THE CITY. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS FOR CHINESE BRIDGE AESTHETICS. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• SPANISH BRIDGES: AESTHETICS, HISTORY, AND NATURE. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• SPIRAL BRIDGES. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• THE THREE MENTALITIES OF SUCCESSFUL BRIDGE DESIGN. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD
• VISUAL ASPECTS OF SHORT- AND MEDIUM-SPAN BRIDGES. BRIDGE AESTHETICS AROUND THE WORLD