Beyond the Cube
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Описание:
Though human fascination with polyhedra can be traced back to the time of Pythagoras, only in the twentieth century have architects begun to fully appreciate and exploit their advantages as elements of structure and design. In Beyond the Cube, J. Francois Gabriel and a team of leading space frame experts from around the world examine the practical as well as theoretical aspects of space frames. They discuss some of the most memorable examples and practitioners of twentieth–century space frame design: Louis Kahn and the Yale University Art Gallery, Buckminster Fuller?s geodesic domes, Philip Johnson?s radically different approach to space frames in the Crystal Cathedral, and I. M. Pei?s Javits Convention and Exhibition Center, among others. In an extended discussionon the theory of polyhedra, Beyond the Cube explores the ways in which coupling cube to tetrahedron produces an array of other polyhedra that enable the expansion of design sources beyond the cube. The book...Похожие книги
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