Beyond the Cube: The Architecture of Space Frames and Polyhedra

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Jean-François Gabriel
John Wiley & Sons, 1997 M08 12 - 528 páginas
This book offers an in-depth look at space frame architecture, including space frame projects completed by such notable architects as I. M. Pei, Buckminster Fuller, Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn. Both theory and practice are included to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, current use, and future outlook for creating space frame structures. The 15 distinguised contributors to this book have extensive background in the architecture of space frames and offer an international perspective on the subject. The text is illustrated with hundreds of line drawings, black-and-white photos, and an eight-page color insert.
 

Contenido

Polyhedrality in the Architecture
35
Louis Kahn and Space Frames
127
Buckminster Fuller and the Relevant Pattern
147
Philip Johnsons Crystal Cathedral and
161
The Javits Center
189
Double Curvature Space Frames Supported
211
Deconstruction of the Cube
229
The Polyhedral World
243
Proportion and Symbolism in Polyhedra
281
The Structural Morphology
301
ComputerAided Processing
343
Theory and Application
385
Are Space Frames Habitable?
439
Contributors
495
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J. FRANÇOIS GABRIEL is a professor at Syracuse University who specializes in the architecture of space frames. He is a member of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures, and he cofounded its Structural Morphology Working Group. Professor Gabriel has lectured worldwide and published widely on the topic of space frames and has conducted significant research on configurations.

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