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Beyond the cube : the architecture of space frames and polyhedra
Title:
Beyond the cube : the architecture of space frames and polyhedra
Author:
Gabriel, J. François, 1930-
ISBN:
9780471122616
Publication Information:
New York : John Wiley, c1997.
Physical Description:
xiv, 510 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents:
Polyhedra, from pythagoras to Alexander Graham Bell / Jos Tomlow -- Polyhedrality in the architecture of Bruce Goff / Rollie Ristine -- Louis Kahn and space frames / Irene E. Ayad -- Buckminster Fuller and the relevant pattern / Arthur L. Loeb -- Philip Johnson's crystal cathedral and the rhetoric of its free-form polyhedral structure / Lawrence Davis -- Tetrahedral purity : the Javits center / Matthys Levy -- Double curvature space frames supported on four points : design and construction of the international plaza of Portopia '81 / Masao Saitoh -- Deconstruction of the cube / Arthur L. Loeb --The polyhedral world / Pieter Huybers -- Proportion and symbolism in Polyhedra / René Motro -- The structural morphology of basic Polyhedra / Ture Wester -- Computer-aided processing of polyhedric configurations / Hoshyar Nooshin, with P.L. Disney and O.C. Champion -- Tensegrity : theory and application/ Ariel Hanaor -- Visual morphology of space labyrinths : a source for architecture and design / Haresh Lalvani -- Quasicrystal architecture : the space of experience / Tony Robbin -- Are space frames habitable? / J. François Gabriel.
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