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999 _c56763
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020 _a9783955533908
082 _a624.17762
_bBLO
100 _aBlock, Philippe & Others
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245 _aBeyond bending : reimagining compression shells
260 _aMunich
_bDetail Business Information
_c2017
300 _a190,ip.
505 _aContents 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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890 _aEurope
891 _aGeneral
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