Nexus Network Journal 8,1: Architecture and Mathematics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 376437747X ISBN 13: 9783764377472

Verlag: Birkhäuser, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

From ancient to modern, architects have looked for fundamental underlying principles of geometry and proportion on which to found their designs. Such principles not only provide an order for the formal elements, they ground the architecture in timeless values and provide an order for the formal elements, they ground the architecture in timeless values and provide a source of cultural meaning. This book illustrates the use of fundamental principles of geometry and proportion in two ancient cultures, the Bronze Age and the Roman Age, as well as in twentieth-century North America.

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Reseña del editor

From ancient to modern, architects have looked for fundamental underlying principles of geometry and proportion on which to found their designs. Such principles not only provide an order for the formal elements, they ground the architecture in timeless values and provide an order for the formal elements, they ground the architecture in timeless values and provide a source of cultural meaning. This book illustrates the use of fundamental principles of geometry and proportion in two ancient cultures, the Bronze Age and the Roman Age, as well as in twentieth-century North America.

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This book illustrates the use of fundamental principles of geometry and proportion in two ancient cultures, the Bronze Age and the Roman Age, as well as in twentieth-century North America.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Birkhäuser
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 376437747X
• ISBN 13: 9783764377472
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
• Herausgeber: Williams Kim
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar