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Towards A New Engineering - second edition
This second-expanded edition of Towards A New Engineering is almost double in volume compared to the first edition, with several new chapters, new material and is more graphically oriented in order to guide readers more smoothly throughout the text. It is a collection of intimate reflections on structural engineering, its present and future. A testimony on many issues that ‘bothered’ the author during his years of designing structures. A critique and praise of built structures, structural design strategies, codes, the educational system, digital tools and much more. It’s a professional memoir dedicated to the unsung heroes of structural engineering. Not the unknown ones but the unrecognized ones. It’s an album of their thoughts and designs. This book is a rare possibility for structural engineers to consider the meaning of their profession, to meditate about it and its relation to, or distinction from, the practice of architecture. This is a collection of thoughts but not conclusions and theories. The book is recommended for all structural and architectural engineers, as well as for students of engineering and architecture, especially those who have chosen structural engineering as their lifelong profession. It is an eye-opening book that will provide a clearer, more realistic perspective while also offering an idea of where engineers will be in the future and how they should adapt to the time that comes.
480 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2022
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September 7, 2022
This is second edition of Towards A new Engineering, for which I already wrote a review. ..
However, this edition is a totally new book- double in volume compare to the first edition. To simply recommend this book to structural engineers or architects wouldn't be enough...
It is a masterpiece...
There are many engineers who would find this text alien, simply because majority of structural engineers are not trained to read and think outside numbers and formulas. This is not book of numbers and formulas.. It is a personal book of a famous practicing structural engineer and author Mentor Llunji, with tons of beautifully hand drawn structural sketches by him and thoughtful , original reflections about many structural engineering issues in a way which you'll not find in any other book..It is probably the only philosophical book on structural engineering at this moment on Amazon...There are other books worth reading such as Cecil Balmond's Informal ( but with too much self-glorification from authors side) or Leslie Robertson's "Structure of Design" which I also recommend.
However, this edition is a totally new book- double in volume compare to the first edition. To simply recommend this book to structural engineers or architects wouldn't be enough...
It is a masterpiece...
There are many engineers who would find this text alien, simply because majority of structural engineers are not trained to read and think outside numbers and formulas. This is not book of numbers and formulas.. It is a personal book of a famous practicing structural engineer and author Mentor Llunji, with tons of beautifully hand drawn structural sketches by him and thoughtful , original reflections about many structural engineering issues in a way which you'll not find in any other book..It is probably the only philosophical book on structural engineering at this moment on Amazon...There are other books worth reading such as Cecil Balmond's Informal ( but with too much self-glorification from authors side) or Leslie Robertson's "Structure of Design" which I also recommend.
January 15, 2023
I really like this author. Sharp, thoughtful with a style that can be understood by anyone ..Today it is hard to find sincere books on structural engineering.
The majority of them are 'designed' to promote either the author or his studio. They are 'designed' as eulogies to the author and to their 'genius'. This book is the opposite. The projects of the author are very subtly presented with the only purpose to serve and back up the text.
From the way he elaborates on many structural engineering issues, it is clear that the author is very experienced and is a master in this field of engineering..The book is very thoughtful but at the same time very simple and clear. Besides the text, I was bought by beautifully hand-drawn structural sketches and drawings, which made me realize that I haven't drawn a hand sketch for years. I'll try to correct this mistake as soon as possible.
It is not easy to explain in a few words what this book is about. Perhaps the best description is that is a collection of sincere thoughts on many issues which otherwise are not usually treated in engineering books..For example, you'll not find an engineering book that dedicates a whole chapter to engineering intuition or to engineering identity.. There is a very useful chapter on collaborations with architects or a chapter about the negative/positive impact of digital technology on the engineering profession, etc..The book is loaded with images and drawings which ease the reading..
My only remark is about the book cost. Even though it deserves twice that price, i would sell it at a lower price in order to spread the author's structural engineering philosophy as much as possible.
The majority of them are 'designed' to promote either the author or his studio. They are 'designed' as eulogies to the author and to their 'genius'. This book is the opposite. The projects of the author are very subtly presented with the only purpose to serve and back up the text.
From the way he elaborates on many structural engineering issues, it is clear that the author is very experienced and is a master in this field of engineering..The book is very thoughtful but at the same time very simple and clear. Besides the text, I was bought by beautifully hand-drawn structural sketches and drawings, which made me realize that I haven't drawn a hand sketch for years. I'll try to correct this mistake as soon as possible.
It is not easy to explain in a few words what this book is about. Perhaps the best description is that is a collection of sincere thoughts on many issues which otherwise are not usually treated in engineering books..For example, you'll not find an engineering book that dedicates a whole chapter to engineering intuition or to engineering identity.. There is a very useful chapter on collaborations with architects or a chapter about the negative/positive impact of digital technology on the engineering profession, etc..The book is loaded with images and drawings which ease the reading..
My only remark is about the book cost. Even though it deserves twice that price, i would sell it at a lower price in order to spread the author's structural engineering philosophy as much as possible.
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