Arch 498: Seminar
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WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
ARCHITECTURE 498
KEN CARPER  

STRUCTURES SEMINAR: SPECIAL TOPICS

Prerequisite: successful completion of ARCH 463/563

There won’t be much work in this one-credit seminar, only some reading and one 5-7 page paper on a topic of your choice selected from a wide range of interesting topics. Your grade will be based on attendance, participation, and the quality of your paper. I think we will have a lot of fun. It has been a long time since I had the opportunity to teach a small class completely devoted to topics of special interest to me!

Here are some of the topics we will include in our discussions:        

Base isolation and other advanced seismic design technologies

Conflicts between seismic design principles and the tenets of Modernism:  Was LeCorbusier a murderer?

Extreme winds: design implications for architects and builders

Wind and the urban habitat

Tall buildings: evolution of esthetics and structural concepts

Lessons from building failures: selected case studies

The "magic" of prestressed concrete

Future directions in structural design philosophy: advances in reliability-based design

Ethics in professional practice