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UNINA9910462390303321 |
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Autore |
Harris James <1957-> |
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Titolo |
Fractal architecture [[electronic resource] ] : organic design philosophy in theory and practice / / James Harris |
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Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-74163-6 |
0-8263-5202-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (424 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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704.9 |
704.9/49514742 |
720.1 |
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Soggetti |
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Geometry in architecture |
Fractals |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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