Systems to be described, precedents to be given, the system to be explained in model form:

1. post and beam (Parthenon)


3. arch (Colosseum)


4. pseudo arch (Lions's gate)


5. vault (masonry  tunnels)

6.
7. dome (Angouleme Church)

8. pseudo dome (treasury of Atrius

9 tensile cable net roof (Montreal Expo'67 German pavilion)

10 tensile membrane roof (Frei Otto Kassel roof)

11. thin shell concrete double-curved surface (Felix Candela work)


12. freeform stick.and-infill panel structure: ancient (gothic rib vaults)

13. freeform stick and infill panel structure modern, computer derived (Blob, Eindhoven by Fuksas

14. pin-jointed truss structure and box beam structure (Vistoria Bridge Montreal)

15. vierendeel truss structure ( Former ICAO building Sherbrooke street Montreal)

16. tensegrity structure Kenneth Snelson  (Otterlo Netherlands)


17. high presure pneumatic structure (Fuji pavilion Osaka 1970)

18. low pressure air-supported structure (BC place Vancouver, American pavilion Expo 1970 Osaka)
 

19. cantilever structure (Muziek pavilion Amsterdam)


20. post-tensioned structure (repairs Champlain bridge and Mercier approach spans)


21. prestressed structure (original method for beams of the Champlain Bridge and Mercier bridge approach spans)

22. determinate-indeterminate structure: pin jointed truss vs rigid  monlithic poured-in-place concrete structures (Hancock Tower Chicago vs Maison Dmino by Corbusier)