Mauricio Morales-BeltranPınar EngûrNazll Hilal SarlsaylnSarısayın, Nazlı HilalMorales-Beltran, MauricioEngûr, PinarC. Fivet , P. D'Acunto , M. Fernandez Ruiz , M. Fernandez Ruiz , P.O. Ohlbrock2025-10-0620219782940643240, 9782940643035, 9782940643103, 9782940643257, 9782940643028, 9782940643004, 9782883941229, 9784990914806, 9788001064016, 97829406431109782940643127261748202617-482010.35789/fib.PROC.0055.2021.CDSymp.P0262-s2.0-85134809004https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85134809004&doi=10.35789%2Ffib.PROC.0055.2021.CDSymp.P026&partnerID=40&md5=42c6167494ea664c0347c1cf47ecdd05https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/9027https://doi.org/10.35789/fib.PROC.0055.2021.CDSymp.P026In contemporary architecture structure has become part of the explicit language of the building often acquiring a somewhat-foreseen relevance yet conveying ambiguous visual information. This article discusses how structural elements participate in the syntax of contemporary architecture and whether the interface structure-space is becoming a source of syntactic ambiguity in contemporary architecture. Using selected case studies the concepts of transparency gravity-less and cantilevering are evaluated first as sources of aesthetical functional and semantic value in architecture and then as sources of innovation in structural design. Insights suggest that the aesthetical contribution of the structure to the architecture goes beyond the mere physicality of the structural solution. © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCantilever, Conceptual Structural Design, Contemporary Architecture, Gravity-less, Structural Morphology, Transparency, Conceptual Design, Semantics, Structural Design, Syntactics, Visual Languages, Contemporary Architectures, Interface Structures, Semantic Value, Sources Of Innovation, Structural Elements, Structural Solutions, Syntactic Ambiguities, Visual Information, ArchitectureConceptual design, Semantics, Structural design, Syntactics, Visual languages, Contemporary architectures, Interface structures, Semantic value, Sources of innovation, Structural elements, Structural solutions, Syntactic Ambiguities, Visual information, ArchitectureConceptual Structural DesignCantileverContemporary ArchitectureGravity-lessStructural MorphologyTransparencyConference Object