Nancy Cheng's List: Structures for Architects

Another amazing book by Ed Allen. This one explains a range of elegant structures through case studies. It includes a step-by-step illustration of graphic statics and elegant graphic diagrams. A large part of the book is available online with this preview. We should buy the book to support more great efforts like this

Prof. Lancelot Coar, University of Manitoba's PDF graphic statics step-by-step examples.

Try changing the shape and loading of archtypal structures such as trusses and see how this alters the forces in their members. Based on Waclaw Zalewski and Ed Allen's Shaping Structures: Statics, with a CD-ROM by Joseph Iano.
Delightful interactive application!

Summary of the Swiss Engineer, artist and architect Heinz Isler's accomplishments. Includes strong photos of key projects and cast thin shells as well as speculative drawings.

The BLOCK Research Group has five core areas of research: analysis of vaulted masonry structures, computational form finding and structural optimization, fabrication and construction innovation, appropriate construction technologies, and innovation in teaching and learning. Includes eQuilibrium, a Java-based interactive learning tool for graphic statics.

Michael Ramage, John Ochsendorf, Philippe Block and others collaborated on the Mapungubwe National Park Interpretive Centre, South Africa, Building of the Year 2009. They used local mud-brick tiles to create an ultra-lightweight, inexpensive vaulted roof. The article describes the how a shifting crew of untrained workers was able to learn the technique and troubleshoot on site.

MIT Professor Mark West
seeks accessible means for creating expressive concrete forms. Full of form-finding experiments using fabric formwork for plaster models.

A lecture by Prof. Mark West, head of University of Manitoba's CAST group, illustrates how he creates fabric formed vaults, beams, trusses, columns and panels. Strong photos and explanations show details for model and full scale construction.

Includes topological optimization: Form-finding by eliminating material not needed for structure