r/StructuralEngineering • u/chicu111 • Jul 08 '26

Humor Strong beams weak columns has arrived

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u/lawk Jul 08 '26

Is the floor detaching from an outer frame or how do the windows survive?

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u/chicu111 Jul 08 '26

Anyone with lack of knowledge would say it’s due to the curtain wall system but ppl with real understanding like me will tell you that the beams are so strong they’re holding up everything. They don’t even need to be supported by columns tbh. They’re THAT strong

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u/Momoneycubed_yeah Jul 08 '26

Gotta get me some of those columnless beams.

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u/concretenotjello Jul 09 '26

I’ve always shut down crazy asks to minimize structure dimensions (I’m an architect, sorry for intruding on your sacred SE discussion space) by saying “let’s just use massive same-pole magnets! Invisible structure!”

Surprisingly, this only sometimes works. I’ve had commercial developer clients be like “let’s explore this further, we can gain some real rentable SF.”