Beyond the Cube

Beyond the Cube

The Architecture of Space Frames and Polyhedra

Gabriel, Jean-Francois

John Wiley & Sons Inc

10/1997

536

Dura

Inglês

9780471122616

15 a 20 dias

1648

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Partial table of contents:
Polyhedra, from Pythagoras to Alexander G. Bell (J. Tomlow).
Polyhedrality in the Architecture of Bruce Goff (R. Ristine).
Louis Kahn and Space Frames (I. Ayad).
Buckminster Fuller and the Relevant Pattern (A. Loeb).
Philip Johnson's Crystal Cathedral and the Rhetoric of Its Free-Form Polyhedral Structure (L. Davis).
Tetrahedral Purity: The Javits Center (M. Levy).
Proportion and Symbolism in Polyhedra (R. Motro).
The Structural Morphology of Basic Polyhedra (T. Wester).
Computer-Aided Processing of Polyhedric Configurations (H. Nooshin, et al.).
Tensegrity: Theory and Application (A. Hanaor).
Visual Morphology of Space Labyrinths: A Source for Architecture and Design (H. Lalvani).
Are Space Frames Habitable?
(J. Gabriel).
Contributors.
Index.
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