Tag Archives: structure

Function-behaviour-structure for website design

Posted on May 15, 2007 by stalker

So, you have decided to create your own website. You have read all the latest articles, bought a domain name, and now you are staring at your holding page wondering what your website is for and what you should put … Continue reading →

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The eight tasks in an artefact lifecycle

Posted on April 5, 2007 by stalker

A bridge, building, or piece of software may exist for many years. Or, as often happens in the case of new software, be scrapped before it is put into use. My mate Wayne, a professional software developer for over 12 … Continue reading →

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Design using function, behaviour, structure

Posted on March 27, 2007 by stalker

Last month, at the Architectural Association, Bill Hillier described how English Heritage often want to reinstate the paths and roads of the historic sites they are trying to preserve. Hillier argued that these sites need new pathways as the way … Continue reading →

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Using patterns to shape our world

Posted on March 9, 2007 by stalker

In the 1990s, Erich Gamma changed the way I thought about software engineering forever! Gamma visited the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne where I was a PhD student, in order to give a seminar on design patterns. The idea of … Continue reading →

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Designing with the future in mind: The Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough

Posted on February 15, 2007 by stalker

Car use in the UK has risen an astonishing 70% in the last two decades and will apparently continue to rise, causing no end of headaches for structural engineers. When they design bridges, engineers need to anticipate factors such as … Continue reading →

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