02840nam 2200637Ia 450 991046239030332120200520144314.01-283-74163-60-8263-5202-2(CKB)2670000000205614(EBL)1104386(OCoLC)823389907(SSID)ssj0000689255(PQKBManifestationID)11426783(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000689255(PQKBWorkID)10614780(PQKB)10347318(MiAaPQ)EBC1104386(OCoLC)796815921(MdBmJHUP)muse91389(Au-PeEL)EBL1104386(CaPaEBR)ebr10572647(CaONFJC)MIL405413(EXLCZ)99267000000020561420111003d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFractal architecture[electronic resource] organic design philosophy in theory and practice /James HarrisAlbuquerque [N.M.] University of New Mexico Press20121 online resource (424 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8263-5201-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Nature9: 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 CoverIn 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.Organic design philosophy in theory and practiceGeometry in architectureFractalsElectronic books.Geometry in architecture.Fractals.704.9704.9/49514742720.1Harris James1957-962777MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462390303321Fractal architecture2183043UNINA