Model perspectives : structure, architecture and culture (Record no. 55312)
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| fixed length control field | 03344 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780415731942 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 720.1 |
| Item number | CRU |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cruvellier, Mark R. & Others |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Model perspectives : structure, architecture and culture |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Routledge |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii,427p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | CONTENTS<br/>Chapter 1.Columns. Auguste Perret and the Concrete Column<br/>From concrete : The Vision of a New Architecture by Peter Collins<br/>Mies’ Columns: Barcelona and Beyond 8<br/>Villa Mairea’s Columnar Variations 12<br/>A Forest of Minimal Columns 16<br/>The Sendai Mediatheque and its Tube-Columns 22<br/>Model Studies 26 <br/>Chapter 2. Walls 45<br/>Barragán’s Walls and Color 46<br/>Inca Walls at Ollantaytambo 50<br/>Schindler’s Metaphysical Walls 56<br/>Ando’s Ephemeral Concrete Walls 60<br/>The Sculpted Walls of Richard Serra 64<br/>Model Studies 70 <br/>Chapter 3. Beams and Slabs 89<br/>Arresting Cantilever Deflections 90<br/>Nordic Pavilion - An Illuminating Beam Matrix 98<br/>The Kimbell’s Beam Variations 102<br/>The Iron and Steel Beam Evolves; Mies Follows Suit 108<br/>Chinese Building Traditions Meet Modernism 114<br/>Nervi’s Isostatically Inspired Ribbed Floors 122<br/>Maillart Minimalism: The Flat Slab Emerges 130<br/>Concrete Takes Flight 136<br/>Floor Plate-Defined Façades 140<br/>Model Studies 144 <br/>Chapter 4. Trusses 167<br/>La Tour Eiffel : A Truss, and More 168<br/>Truss Forms and Style Battles 176<br/>Truss Forms and Design Collaborations 182<br/>Neimeyer’s Subtly Deceptive Trusses 188<br/>Metabolism and the Space Frame 194<br/>Tensegrity and the Architecture of Life 198<br/>Model Studies 206 <br/>Chapter 5. Frames 227<br/>To Frame - or not to Frame 228<br/>Framing Views, Framing Victory 238<br/>Breuer and Nervi’s Folded Frames 244<br/>Braced Frames and High-Tech Dreams 250<br/>Informal Frames 256<br/>Model Studies 272 <br/>Chapter 6. Cables, Nets and Membranes 297<br/>Seemingly Free Form Structures in Montréal and Munich 298<br/>Cybernetic and Lightweight Dreams 304<br/>Stayed Roof Systems and High-Tech Identity 308<br/>Jugaad : Suspending a Communal Canopy 316<br/>Marsyas : Structure and Metaphor 320<br/>Model Studies 326<br/>Chapter 7. Arches, Domes and Shells 343<br/>Informing Arch Form 344<br/>Veiled and Vaulted Space 356<br/>Domes as Optical Instruments 360<br/>The Politics of Candela’s Shells 370<br/>SANAA’s Ceilings and Skies 376<br/>Model Studies 382<br/>Afterword 401<br/>Models are Real 402<br/>A Model Curriculum 404<br/>Endnotes 412<br/>Text Credits 420<br/>Image Credits 422<br/>Index 424<br/> |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 63374 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | USA |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FA |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Architecture | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 26/11/2018 | Books India | 2921.67 | 17 | 6 | 720.1 CRU | 020168 | 28/01/2023 | 12/01/2023 | 4173.81 | 16/10/2018 | Book |