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An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildingsWhat do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to The Tower and the Bridge, all are striking examples of structural art, an exciting area distinct from either architecture or machine design. Aided by stunning photographs, David Billington discusses the technical concerns and artistic principles underpinning the well-known projects of leading structural engineer-artists, including Othmar Ammann, Félix Candela, Gustave Eiffel, Fazlur Khan, Robert Maillart, John Roebling, and many others. A classic work, The Tower and the Bridge introduces readers to the fundamental aesthetics of engineering.

Bridges --- Structural engineering. --- Towers --- Design and construction. --- Analysis. --- Apartment. --- Arch bridge. --- Architectural designer. --- Architecture. --- Art museum. --- Art. --- Britannia Bridge. --- Calculation. --- Cantilever. --- Career. --- Case study. --- Central Elevated Walkway. --- Centrality. --- Chief technician. --- Christian Menn. --- Collaboration. --- Competition. --- Complex analysis. --- Concrete shell. --- Construction. --- Consultant. --- Curriculum. --- Designer. --- Diagram. --- Efficiency. --- Engineering analysis. --- Engineering design process. --- Engineering. --- Fiberboard. --- Forth Bridge. --- Ganter Bridge. --- Garret. --- Greenhouse gas. --- Gustave Eiffel. --- Ideology. --- Industrial Building (Detroit). --- Industrial Revolution. --- Industrial society. --- Innovation. --- Institution. --- Interaction. --- Internal combustion engine. --- International Style (architecture). --- Invention. --- Iron Age. --- Jacques Ellul. --- John Hancock Tower. --- Le Corbusier. --- Life tenure. --- Lightness. --- Machine Age. --- Machine. --- Manufacturing. --- Masonry. --- Motivation. --- Natural environment. --- Natural resource. --- Obligation. --- Obstacle. --- Othmar Ammann. --- Parapet. --- Person A. --- Personality. --- Phenomenon. --- Pier. --- Profession. --- Project. --- Proportion (architecture). --- Reputation. --- Robert Maillart. --- Saving. --- Scaffolding. --- Structural art. --- Structural engineer. --- Supporter. --- Suspension bridge. --- Technological change. --- Technology. --- The Sense of Beauty. --- Theory of Forms. --- Theory. --- Transmission tower. --- Turbine. --- Uniqueness. --- Urbanization. --- Vannevar Bush. --- Verrazano Bridge (Maryland). --- Verrazano–Narrows Bridge. --- Vocabulary. --- Walter Gropius. --- Water supply. --- Water treatment. --- Weapon system. --- Weathering. --- Willis Tower. --- Work function. --- Work of art. --- Writing.