Beyond the cube : the architecture of space frames and polyhedra / J. François Gabriel, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gabriel, J. François, 1930-

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space (Architecture).

Space frame structures.

Physical Description:

xiv, 510 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : John Wiley, [1997]

Summary:

Space frames have offered architects a fascinating alternative to cubic frameworks for many years. Well-known space frame structures include the geodesic domes introduced by Buckminster Fuller at Expo 67 in Montreal and Manhattan's Javits Convention Center, created by I.M. Pei.

Discusses space frame projects completed by Louis Kahn, Buckminster Fuller, I.M. Pei, and Philip Johnson.-- A historical survey of the use of space frames and an analysis of current methods and tools used to create space frames.

Contents:

Polyhedra, from pythagoras to Alexander Graham Bell / Jos Tomlow

Polyhedrality in the architecture of Bruce Goff / Rollie Ristine

Louis Kahn and space frames / Irene E. Ayad

Buckminster Fuller and the relevant pattern / Arthur L. Loeb

Philip Johnson's crystal cathedral and the rhetoric of its free-form polyhedral structure / Lawrence Davis

Tetrahedral purity : the Javits center / Matthys Levy

Double curvature space frames supported on four points : design and construction of the international plaza of Portopia '81 / Masao Saitoh

Deconstruction of the cube / Arthur L. Loeb

The polyhedral world / Pieter Huybers

Proportion and symbolism in Polyhedra / René Motro

The structural morphology of basic Polyhedra / Ture Wester

Computer-aided processing of polyhedric configurations / Hoshyar Nooshin, with P.L. Disney and O.C. Champion

Tensegrity : theory and application/ Ariel Hanaor

Visual morphology of space labyrinths : a source for architecture and design / Haresh Lalvani

Quasicrystal architecture : the space of experience / Tony Robbin

Are space frames habitable? / J. François Gabriel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0471122610

OCLC:

36284203