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

• Autore: Harris James <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (424 p.)
• Disciplina: 704.9; 704.9/49514742; 720.1
• Soggetto topico: Geometry in architecture; Fractals
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Organic design philosophy in theory and practice
• Titolo autorizzato: Fractal architecture
• ISBN: 1-283-74163-6; 0-8263-5202-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790376503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II