Informal "The innovative structural designs of Cecil Balmond underpin architectural forms and give them their own integrity. Balmond's collaborative work with architects such as Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas and Toyo Ito demonstrates the process of fusion between architecture and his engineering. His structural thinking differs from that of other engineers in his field in its completely new conception of the engineer's contribution to architecture. The plasticity of architectural plans is enhanced through a decisive development of its structural design, blurring the line between structure and architecture. In this book, the process is explained by reference to eight projects through which the author makes the theoretical basis of his engineering solutions".

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