Book review: Design of joints in steel structures (UK ed.)

'Well worth the read', says Michael Dickson of this accessible, well-illustrated book on both the fundamentals and greater complexities of structural performance.

Jackie Whitelaw interviews Russian engineer Gennady Vasilchenko-Malishev who grew up surrounded by scientists looking to break boundaries. What he learned from that experience has informed his career as one of the world's leading experts in structural glass design.

This month we present another question from the Institution's Structural Behaviour Course, looking at bending moment diagrams in a portal frame.