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

Author/creator Harris, James, 1957-
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxi, 410 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects
Geometry in architecture.
Fractals.

Portion of title Organic design philosophy in theory and practice
Contents Introduction -- Man, nature, and architecture. The journey from mathematical monsters to the key to nature's structure -- The human desire for nature -- Nature's order and its architectural embodiment -- Skyscraper form and its fractal derivative -- Nature and human cognition. Gestalt and the wholeness of fractal structure -- Perception and cognition of natural form -- The universal quality of fractal expression -- The abstract trajectory to the fractal modernist form -- Architecture from nature. Nature's generative character -- Elements of fractal form -- The fractal confluence of science and art -- The spectrum of architecture's relationship to nature.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011041452
ISBN9780826352019 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0826352014 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780826352026 (electronic)
ISBN0826352022 (electronic)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks NA2760 .H37 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold