Contents
PREFACE vii
J. Francois Gabriel, Syracuse University
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Polyhedra, from Pythagoras to
Alexander Graham Bell 1
Jos Tomlow, Hochschule Zittau/G'drlitz, Germany
2 Polyhedrality in the Architecture
of Brace Goff 35
Rollie Ristine
3 Louis Kahn and Space Frames 127
Irene E. Ayad
4 Buckminster Fuller and the Relevant Pattern 147
Arthur L. Loeb, Harvard University
5 Philip Johnson's Crystal Cathedral and the tj
Rhetoric of Its Free-Form Polyhedral Structure 161
Lawrence Davis, Syracuse University
6 Tetrahedral Purity: The Javits Center 189
Matthys Levy
7 Double Curvature Space Frames Supported on
Four Points: Design and Construction of the International Plaza of Portopia'81 211
Masao Saitoh, Nihon University
8 Deconstruction of the Cube 229
Arthur L. Loeb, Harvard University
9 The Polyhedral World 243
Pieter Huybers, Delft University of Technology
10 Proportion and Symbolism in Polyhedra 281
Rene Motro, Universite de Montpellier
11 The Structural Morphology of
Basic Polyhedra 301
Ture Wester, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
12 Computer Aided Processing of
Polyhedric Configurations 343
Hoshyar Nooshin, with P. L. Disney and O. C. Champion, 3
University of Surrey
13 Tensegrity: Theory and Application ........... 385
Ariel Hanaor, National Building Research Institute, Israel
14 Visual Morphology of Space Labyrinths:
A Source for Architecture and Design 409
? Haresh Lalvani, Pratt Institute
15 Quasicrystal Architecture:
The Space of Experience 427
Tony Robbin
16 Are Space Frames Habitable? 439
J. Francois Gabriel, Syracuse University
Contributors 495
Index 499