TY  - GEN
AU  - Block, Philippe & Others
TI  - Beyond bending : reimagining compression shells
SN  - 9783955533908
U1  - 624.17762 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Munich
PB  - Detail Business Information
KW  -  
N1  - Contents 
Foreword :   6
La Biennale di Venezia --
Reporting from the front: the war on 
bending / Alejandro Aravena --   11
In the footsteps of Vitruvius / 
John Ochsendorf --  12
Beyond bending   15
 Beyond the slab I :   17
Building with weak material --  20
Beyond the slab II : 33
Building with less material --  42
Beyond the dome :  55
Exploring form and forces --  64
Beyond freeform :   79
Extending stereotomy -- 90
The making of the Armadillo Vault :   101
Form and structure : 103
 Engineering the extreme: 116
a conversation with Ochsendorf DeJong & Block --
Stereotomy and fabrication :  127
 informing geometry: a conversation with the Block Research Group --  138
Construction and assembly : 147
Balancing craft and machine: a conversation with Escobedo Group --  170
Afterword :   178
A new research-driven architectural 
practice / Gilles Retsin.
Authors   184
Contributors 186
Exhibition and object credits  187
Image Credits  188
Bibliography  190

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