ABSTRACT
The goal of the FRAMEWORKS series is to provide insight into the science behind the structures that are part of our everyday. It provides an entertaining and educational approach to the science of building. Read on to learn about the ways in which science supports, literally, our built environment. MODERN WONDERS describes several of the crowning architectural achievements of recent centuries. An amazing structures, the Eiffel Tower, and St. Louis Gateway Arch, took building with steel to new levels. Curvilinear buildings, where curved rather than straight lines define part or all of the structure, have become increasingly popular in recent years, in large part due to advances in computer software that allow for their design and fabrication. The Sydney Opera House is an example of a project that took advantage of engineering and construction technology and managed to respect the intended use of the space at the same time.
