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INDEX 227Ridge-beam, 3, 200–1Rivet, 59, 96Rossi, Aldo, 32, 94Roundwood, 108Saarinen (Eero) and Associates, 27,58Sáenzde Oiza Arquitectos, 67, 89Samyn et Associés, 182Scale:building, 14structure, 16, 52–3, 55, 63–5, 74,85, 114, 119, 157, 209Scarpa, Carlo, 96Scharoun, Hans, 118Sears Roebuck Store, 30Seismic retrofitting, 99Sendai Mediatheque, 169Services, 177integration with structure, 84, 148,161, 193Shade, 172, 182Shear force (or stress), 16, 145,148Shell structure, 23, 83, 198grid-, 162, 174ribbed, 59, 196Ship, 36, 86, 196–7Silcher, Werner Partners, 25, 169Siza, Alvaro, 27, 172Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 41–2,64, 89, 170, 197Sliding, 16Slot see Light slotSmell, 208SNCF/Jean-Marie Duthilleul, 43Soufflot, 144Space-craft, 198Springs, 47, 126Stanley Saitowitz Office/NatomaArchitects, 55Stirling and Wilford, 99, 149Structural actions, 174expression of, 17, 52, 144–49see also Bending moments, ShearforceStructural form, 20synthesis of, 23Structural detailing, 131–164, 174variety of quality, 10Structural (and architectural) qualitiesand characteristics:aeronautical engineering, 151ambiguity, 125–6anarchy, 203anchoring, 10, 86artistry, 137asymmetry, 32awkward, 10, 81calm, 16, 72chaotic, 40, 91, 154, 202–3clamping, 147–8clasping, 148–9complexity, 32, 41, 108, 126–7,154–5, 158, 191confining, 10confusing, 155craft, 75creativity, 137crude, 72, 135–6, 142, 154damage, 150dangerous, 97decorative, 161–2delicate, 49, 106, 115, 127, 147,163, 179, 192depth, 54, 57–9diaphanous, 63dramatic, 199dynamism, 74, 146dysfunctional, 202elegance, 75, 83–4, 143, 151, 173,180embrace, 128enclosure, 28, 71–2, 120, 127, 198eroded, 194excitement, 58, 72exuberant, 7, 94filigree, 43, 64filtering, 59–63see also Lightfineness, 12, 35, 57, 61, 170flamboyant, 203flimsy, 64floating, 44–5, 47, 49, 76, 86, 98,185, 196formality, 94fractured, 154, 202fragility, 45, 150fragmented, 72, 117, 202–3fragrant, 208freedom, 16furniture, 135, 151graceful, 74grounded, 47, 55, 76haphazard, 72, 73, 150harshness, 202heaviness, 156, 160hierarchy, 41, 53, 59, 64, 80, 85,120, 138hollowness, 31hovering, 45, 47, 76, 105, 121iconic, 51inconsistent, 137industrial, 153innovative, 10instability, 45, 150intimate, 80, 92, 115, 117, 128intricate, 115, 158, 163, 191introverted, 80invisible, 121irregular, 74, 118, 154jewellery, 110, 149, 163joylessness, 94layered, 38, 72, 87, 96, 108, 117,139lightness, 49, 84, 139, 147, 156–9,163, 170, 173, 176, 178–80,192liveliness, 139mechanical engineering, 151mesh-like, 62, 65minimalism, 163monumental, 65, 71movement, 58, 60, 63, 95, 147mystery, 204ornamental, 57ornate, 158overwhelming, 52, 119plain, 161, 202precision, 133, 152prestige, 201protecting, 10, 71–2, 110, 198purity, 87, 134, 151quality, 201random, 7, 15, 74, 96–7, 194, 197rationality, 34, 48, 73rawness, 94, 154refined, 75, 106, 135, 139, 151restful, 154restlessness, 49, 112rhythm, 52–3, 55, 58, 85, 94, 115,157, 167, 172