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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462390303321

Autore

Harris James <1957->

Titolo

Fractal architecture [[electronic resource] ] : organic design philosophy in theory and practice / / James Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-74163-6

0-8263-5202-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Disciplina

704.9

704.9/49514742

720.1

Soggetti

Geometry in architecture

Fractals

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Man, Nature, and Architecture; 1: The Journey from Mathematical Monsters to the Key to Nature's Structure; 2: The Human Desire for Nature; 3: Nature's Order and Its Architectural Embodiment; 4: Skyscraper Form and Its Fractal Derivative; Part II: Nature and Human Cognition; 5: Gestalt and the Wholeness of Fractal Structure; 6: Perception and Cognition of Natural Form; 7: The Universal Quality of Fractal Expression; 8: The Abstract Trajectory to the Fractal Modernist Form; Part III: Architecture from Nature

9: Nature's Generative Character10: Elements of Fractal Form; 11: The Fractal Confluence of Science and Art; 12: The Spectrum of Architecture's Relationship to Nature; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

In Fractal Architecture, architect James Harris presents a definitive, lavishly illustrated guide that explains both the "how" and "why" of incorporating fractal geometry into architectural design.