Title & Author:

Transfer of Technology / [presented by] Mark Whitby.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1992.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (40 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Practice Brochure -- Lillental Gliding -- Bicycle & Wind Tunnel Device -- Aircraft -- Heads-Up Display -- Maintenance Simulation -- Car Factory -- British Embassy, Berlin By Michael Wilford -- Standard Life Building, London By Rolph Judd -- Berlin Stock Exchange By Nicholas Grimshaw -- School Sports Hall Near Reading By DEGW -- Housing, Central London -- St. Barnabas Church, Dulwich By HOK -- Rowing Museum, Henley By David Chipperfield -- Offices For Oracle, Reading By Scott Brownrigg Turner -- Bridgewater Canal Bridge, Manchester. Competition Presentation -- Bridgewater Canal Bridge, Manchester. Perspective Of Bridge -- Bridgewater Canal Bridge, Manchester. Model Of Bridge -- Bridgewater Canal Bridge, Manchester. The Completed Bridge -- Bridgewater Canal Bridge, Manchester. Detail Of Deck & Railings -- Solar-Powered Pilotless Flying Wing.

Summary:

Son of an architect, Mark Whitby (born 1950) graduated in engineering at King's College, London. After a spell of work with Harris & Sutherland and four years' experience with a building contractor, he spent a year looking at buildings in the USA. There followed work for Alan Baxter briefly, then Buro Happold and Anthony Hunt for two years each, before starting work on his own. Bryn Bird joined him in 1984 and they were among the bright young British structural engineers who empathise with the architect's approach. They have worked with most of the major British architects. In his talk, Whitby describes projects he has been involved in with them, as well as bridges whose design he and Bird have generated themselves. They are enormously interested in the development of aeronautical engineering and the resulting spin-off or transfer of technology. They look at the total engineering of a building, from all points of view - structural, mechanical and electrical, physical and dynamic.

Subject:

Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture Esthétique.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Whitby, Mark, narrator.