Building Design at Arup.

Intro -- Contents -- Arup today -- Preface -- Arup today - an interview with four Arup leaders -- The power and the glory - strength and elegance in structure -- CCTV headquarters in Beijing -- Metropol Parasol in Seville -- Serpentine Gallery Pavilions in London -- AAMI Park in Melbourne -- Total architecture - complexity and specialist expertise -- King's Cross station in London -- London Aquatics Centre -- Chinese National Aquatics Centre in Beijing -- Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport in London -- Paradise Regained - sustainable and environmental engineering -- The California Academy of Science in San Francisco -- Kroon Hall, Yale University in New Haven -- Ropemaker Place in London -- The Bavarian Parliament in Munich -- Shaping the world - global reach and influence -- Kindergarten in Dwabor -- Canton Tower in Guangzhou -- Danish Pavilion in Shanghai -- Marina Bay Sands in Singapore -- Pioneering passion - from personal inspiration to Arup culture -- The art of Building Information Modelling -- Acoustics and the Arup SoundLab - listening to architecture -- Lighting design optimisation -- The bio-responsive facade -- Sustainable future - responsible designers -- Sustainable future - sustainability goes mainstream -- Working with Herzog &amp -- de Meuron -- Ventures in product commercialisation -- A passion for timber - developing the Life Cycle Tower -- Geometric architecture -- Projects and people -- Catalogue of selected recent projects -- Information on Arup -- Authors -- Picture credits.

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