The Architect Who Was There from the Beginning

In 2015, structural engineer Roma Agrawal stood on the observation deck of The Shard in London — the 95-story tower she had helped design from its earliest sketches. She watched thousands of people move through the building's lobbies, ride its elevators, eat in its restaurants, entirely unaware that every beam beneath their feet, every load-bearing wall they leaned against, had been calculated and placed with exacting care.…