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Biomorphic architecture : Menschen- und Tiergestalten in der Architektur = Human and animal forms in architecture / Günther Feuerstein ; [Übersetzung ins Englische, Michael Robinson].
Fine Arts Library NA2542.4 .F48 2002 Bd.2, Erg.2 of Bd.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feuerstein, Günther.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Human factors.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- Human and animal forms in architecture
- Place of Publication:
- Stuttgart : Menges, c2002-
- Language Note:
- German and English on facing pages (Bd.1); Bd. 2 and Erganzung in German.
- Summary:
- The three-dimensional and sculptural "organic" architecture of the 20th century in particular addresses the corporeality of biological creatures. Gunther Feuerstein has found analogies between buildings and human beings and buildings and animals in the work of famous architects like Imre Makovecz, Santiago Calatrava, Frank O. Gehry and others.
- Contents:
- Bd. 2 and Ergänzung 2. Zoon : anthropomorphes Bauen ; Architektur als Wesen.
- Notes:
- Imprint on Bd. 2 and Erganzung 2: Wien : Grafisches Zentrum HTU.
- Includes bibliographical references (Bd.1 pages 182-185; Bd. 2, pages 186-187) and index.
- ISBN:
- 3930698870
- OCLC:
- 48231743
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