LEADER 02807nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910812849403321 005 20230801223312.0 010 $a1-283-74163-6 010 $a0-8263-5202-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000205614 035 $a(EBL)1104386 035 $a(OCoLC)823389907 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000689255 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11426783 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000689255 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10614780 035 $a(PQKB)10347318 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1104386 035 $a(OCoLC)796815921 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse91389 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1104386 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10572647 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL405413 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000205614 100 $a20111003d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFractal architecture$b[electronic resource] $eorganic design philosophy in theory and practice /$fJames Harris 210 $aAlbuquerque [N.M.] $cUniversity of New Mexico Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (424 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8263-5201-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 327 $a9: 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 330 $aIn 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. 517 3 $aOrganic design philosophy in theory and practice 606 $aGeometry in architecture 606 $aFractals 615 0$aGeometry in architecture. 615 0$aFractals. 676 $a704.9 676 $a704.9/49514742 676 $a720.1 700 $aHarris$b James$f1957-$01697661 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812849403321 996 $aFractal architecture$94078554 997 $aUNINA