The connections between large bridges, engineering design competitions, and structural art, as presented by David P. Billingon '50, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus.

Three different styles of vault structures, as presented by David P. Billingon '50, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus.

The work of Heinz Isler and Felix Candela as structural artists and master builders, as presented by David P. Billingon '50, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus.

The buildings of Fazlur Khan, as presented by David P. Billingon '50, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus.

The history and development of cable-stayed bridges, as presented by David P. Billingon '50, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus.

The long-span bridges of Japan, as presented by David P. Billingon '50, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus.

A discussion of four major technological parks of Seattle (three of which still remain), contrasting the no longer existing Seattle Kingdome with the Montreal Olympic Stadium to demonstrate the supreme importance of 'right' versus 'wrong' form, as presented by David P. Billingon '50, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus.

David P. Billingon '50, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus explains the ideas of discipline and play as these relate to structural art and reviews the major themes of his undergraduate course (CEE 262: Structures and the Urban Environment) upon which the Fall 2011 Alumni Studies program was based.