The Cost of Building Structure1
Introduction The art of architectural design was characterized as one of dealing comprehensively with a complex set of physical and nonphysical design determinants
Structural considerations were cast as important physical determinants that should be dealt with in a hierarchical fashion if they are to have a significant impact on spatial organization and environmental control design thinking
The economical aspect of building represents a nonphysical structural consideration that, in final analysis , must also be considered important
Cost considerations are in certain ways a constraint to creative design
But this need not be so
If something is known of the relationship between structural and constructive design options and their cost of implementation ,