Profile: Francis Archer

Author: Jackie Whitelaw

Date published

1 August 2017

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Profile: Francis Archer

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Jackie Whitelaw
Date published
1 August 2017
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The Structural Engineer
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Jackie Whitelaw

Citation

The Structural Engineer, Volume 95, Issue 8, 2017, Page(s) 33-35

Date published

1 August 2017

Author

Jackie Whitelaw

Citation

The Structural Engineer, Volume 95, Issue 8, 2017, Page(s) 33-35

Price

Free

Francis Archer has designed extraordinary structures, not all of them built. The engineer for London's Garden Bridge talks to Jackie Whitelaw about how creativity is never wasted.

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PDF
Pages:
33-35
Publisher:
The Institution of Structural Engineers

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Career Profiles Opinion Issue 8

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