Beyond the cube (Record no. 39924)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02116 a2200145 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780471122616 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 721.042 |
| Item number | GAB |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gabriel, J. Francois Ed. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Beyond the cube |
| Remainder of title | the architecture of space frames and polyhedra |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | John Wiley & Sons |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1997 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv,510p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Contents<br/>PREFACE vii<br/>J. Francois Gabriel, Syracuse University<br/>Acknowledgments xiii<br/>1 Polyhedra, from Pythagoras to<br/>Alexander Graham Bell 1 <br/>Jos Tomlow, Hochschule Zittau/G'drlitz, Germany<br/>2 Polyhedrality in the Architecture<br/>of Brace Goff 35<br/>Rollie Ristine <br/>3 Louis Kahn and Space Frames 127<br/>Irene E. Ayad<br/>4 Buckminster Fuller and the Relevant Pattern 147<br/>Arthur L. Loeb, Harvard University<br/>5 Philip Johnson's Crystal Cathedral and the tj<br/>Rhetoric of Its Free-Form Polyhedral Structure 161<br/>Lawrence Davis, Syracuse University<br/>6 Tetrahedral Purity: The Javits Center 189<br/> Matthys Levy <br/>7 Double Curvature Space Frames Supported on <br/>Four Points: Design and Construction of the International Plaza of Portopia'81 211<br/>Masao Saitoh, Nihon University<br/>8 Deconstruction of the Cube 229<br/>Arthur L. Loeb, Harvard University<br/>9 The Polyhedral World 243<br/>Pieter Huybers, Delft University of Technology <br/>10 Proportion and Symbolism in Polyhedra 281<br/>Rene Motro, Universite de Montpellier<br/>11 The Structural Morphology of<br/>Basic Polyhedra 301<br/>Ture Wester, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts<br/>12 Computer Aided Processing of <br/>Polyhedric Configurations 343<br/>Hoshyar Nooshin, with P. L. Disney and O. C. Champion, 3<br/>University of Surrey <br/>13 Tensegrity: Theory and Application ........... 385<br/>Ariel Hanaor, National Building Research Institute, Israel<br/>14 Visual Morphology of Space Labyrinths:<br/>A Source for Architecture and Design 409<br/>? Haresh Lalvani, Pratt Institute <br/>15 Quasicrystal Architecture:<br/>The Space of Experience 427<br/>Tony Robbin<br/>16 Are Space Frames Habitable? 439<br/> J. Francois Gabriel, Syracuse University <br/>Contributors 495<br/>Index 499<br/> |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | India |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Architecture | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 02/09/2014 | Astha Book Agency | 7593.46 | 25 | 22 | 721.042 GAB | 013106 | 10/11/2023 | 15/10/2023 | 9491.83 | 23/08/2014 | Book | Bill No.2014-15/IN8900 Dt.22/08/2014 ($149.95) |