Site Visit - Part of QV

The "urban village" of QV is a high-density, mixed use precinct containing retail, business, and living spaces. Its different components were designed by several architects: Denton Corker Marshall, Lyons, John Wardle, and Robert McBride.

The site is split into four main structures, named QV1 through QV4, two of which are skyscrapers, the remainder being low-rise structures along Swanston Street (owing to strict height limits along the Swanston Street axis). The spaces between buildings were specifically designed as shop-filled laneways, pointing to Melbourne's historic lanes and arcades, many of which no longer exist due to the amalgamation of plots to build office buildings. These new laneways are named for figures in medicine: Jane Bell Lane, Albert Coates Lane, Artemis Lane, and Red Cape Lane. At the centre of the site is an open-air public square, behind the historic Women's Centre.

Here are the steel structure with glass and roof sheet on the third and fourth floor of QV. The view point faces the center public square, it is the end of Jane Bell Lane.

Site Visit - Residential Building in Box Hill

Overall View-Mainly Timber Frame with some Steel Work

The Steel Work in the the timber frame 1

The Steel Work in the the timber frame 2

The Steel Work in the the timber frame 3

Bracing

Gutter between two roof sheets

Connection

Major Project Research - Norman Foster

Built in 1983 and designed by the renowned architect Norman Foster, the instantly recognisable former Renault Buildings' bright yellow exo-skeleton has become synonymous with tensions structures.
Now known as the Spectrum Building, the innovative 288m long building which houses offices, a restaurant, showroom and training centre as well as warehouse space is supported by 360 Macalloy tendons with fork connectors at either end.
One of the first projects to use this kind of structural steel work, the building has won numerous awards including the Structural Steel Award (1984) and the Civic Trust Award (1984).

Forty-two identical units measuring 24 x 24 metres are suspended from 16-metre high masts. The structure's welded reconstituted beams and ties are all articulated between the masts. Glazed openings in the roof provide natural ceiling lighting and underscore the visible structure. Similarly, the opaque roof spans rest on steel roofing components that are left visible on their underside. The solid façades are made of polyurethane foam sandwiched between two sheets of steel.