How to Read Bridges

A crash course spanning the centuries

Edward Denison & Ian Stewart

How to Read Bridges is a world tour of the greatest bridge engineering, offering an illuminating overview of man-made structures that affords a better appreciation of their variety and ingenuity.
Each bridge features a dramatic photography alongside detailed annotated illustrations, so the reader can identify themes and features.

Published: Feb, 2012

Edward Denison is an independent consultant, writer and architectural photography. His work focuses on sustainability and the built environment, and ranges from consulting for international agencies on heritage and development to researching, writing and photographing books on design and architecture.

Ian Stewart is a Chartered Engineer working at Davies Maguire + Whitby, a structural engineering design practice in London. His key project experience includes BBC Broadcasting House and Tate Modern II in London and St David's 2 shopping centre in Cardiff. He is also involved with the industry-related charity CODEP, founded with the objective of delivering libraries and literary centres in Sierra Leone. He has a PhD in Structural Dynamics from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

  • 256 pages
  • h 165mm x w 135mm
  • paperback with flaps
  • full colour throughout
  • 42,000 words
  • Printed ISBN:978-1-4081-7176-9

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