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Staggered Truss Framing (STF): A Sweetheart Structural System for Hotels, Condominiums, Dormitories, Apartment Buildings. The beauty of this system is there is no interrior column and it has become architect's favourite in slab type towers with double loaded corriodors mostly applied to above type of buildings.  But before we delve into more detail sbout this sweetheart system, lis ted below are some of the marvelous structures around the world where this STF system has been  adopted.  Just Google to find out more information about them. 1. Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, USA: 39 Storey, 119 m high, Completed 2000 Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, USA 2. Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, USA : 38 Storey, 2600 rooms, floor to floor truss height 9 feet Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, USA 3. Delta Bow Valley Hotel, Calgary, Canada Delta Bow Valley Hotel, Calgary, Canada 4. Half Moon Harbour Apartments, North Bergen, Newzealand Half Moon Harbour Apartmants, North Bergen 5. Hartford Marriot Hotel, Cunneticu

5 Little Known Rules to Design  Long Span Cable Stayed Bridges are discussed below. But before we delve into these little known secrets let us see what are the top 12 longest span cable stayed bridges ( carrying automobiles on highways or railways) around the world as of now.   Listed below are the top 12 longest cable stayed bridges of the world in ascending order but there is stiff competetion amongst countries to topple one another for the top position. Just see the length of main span constructed so far and opened for traffic as a structural engineering marvel.  Surprisingly, China holds the credit of 7 longest span cable stayed bridges in this list of top 12 and dominates the world.  Just Google to find out more information about them.  Here goes the list of top 12  longest span cable stayed bridges: 12.  Jingyue Yangtze Bridge  China :  Main Span 816 m  Pylon 285.5m   Opened 2010  Jingyue Yangtze River Bridge, China 11.  Jiujiang Yangtze Bridge China : Main Span 818 m  Pylon 242m

Tree column structural system is Biomimicry form on lightweight structures that dazzle In building design, a lightweight structure requires less material and therefore provides maximum and rational use of materials. Introducing optimal load bearing geometry provides sufficient strength and consequently reduces the waste of resources. Biomimicry/Dendiform application serves this purpose. The German architect and scientist Frei Otto is the pioneer of form-finding processes through biomimicry from nature. He did lot of experimentation in form finding using lightweight structural materials both in compression and tension. Look at nature how a tree carries it's weight through branching as it becomes taller and spreads to the top. Biomimicry or dendiform, for example, tree column structure is just one type of morphology used in structural application of supporting lightweight roofing for megaspan structures. Biomimicry/Dendiform/Tree Column Concepts: Frei Otto, Germany Branching structur