Fractal architecture : organic design philosophy in theory and practice / James Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, James, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geometry in architecture.

Fractals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Organic design philosophy in theory and practice

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283741637

1283741636

9780826352026

0826352022

OCLC:

823389907