Cadraw

Here is a link to a great site I found, Cadraw. There are lots of documented drawings and photos of the buildings.

Portal Frame Details

Portal Frame Details
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I really like the timber portal frame Nicole found, you can see it @ Nicole Anderson (Construction & Structures 2).

I think it is important to think about the fact that steel has a very high embodied energy, we are told it is fully recyclabe but I doubt that much of it is, and if it is I'm sure it would be melted down first in most cases. I think timber is a much better option in most situations.

Portal Frame Elements.
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This fascia beam must be close to 1m deep.

I think these members are stopping the floor beams from turning out.

Here is typical detail of the suspended slab, note structure is only supporting the slab and not any roof loads.

Introduction to Albury City Library Museum

This is a view of the more promonant facade of this building, note the clever use of space frames inplace of columns. This element is borrowed from a well known train bridge from the area that crosses the Murray River linking Albury and Wodonga (good symbolism). The typical suspended floor detail seen later is taken from the right hand side of this image.

Background

Hello, and welcome to my BLOG.

The Albury City Library Museum Project is the first in a multi-staged development. It will be one of Australias first fully intigrated regional Library Museum Complexes.

The new Library Museum is a partnership between Albury City, NSW Ministry of the Arts and NSW State Library.

Client: Albury City
Architect: Ashton Raggatt McDougall
Contractor: Zauner Construction pty ltd