Main entry:

Meissner, Irene.

Title & Author:

Frei Otto : forschen, bauen, inspirieren = a life of research, construction and inspiration / Irene Meissner, Eberhard Möller.

Edition:

Erste Auflage.

Publication:

München : Detail, Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH & Co. KG, [2015]

Description:

127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Series:

Edition Detail

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 123).
Architecture nature / Frei Otto -- Frei Otto: lightweight, adaptable architecture / Irene Meissner -- Constructive inspiration: encounters with people and ideas / Eberhard Möller -- "More thought, research, development, innovation and boldness is required ..." / Georg Vrachliotis -- Suspended structures : Tents, membranes ; Cable nets ; Retractable roofs -- Standing structures : Gridshells ; Branching structures -- Floating structures : Pneus, hydros -- Ecology -- Catalog of works -- Biography.
Text in German and English.
Includes illustrations and information on the German pavilion at Expo 67.

Summary:

This introduces Frei Otto's most important achievements and gives insights into all the important aspects of his work, which focused on the development of lightweight and natural constructions as well as the study of form-finding and self-formation processes in order to create lightweight and adaptable architecture. Frei Otto's tents, cable nets, adaptable roofs, gridshells, branching structures and pneumatic constructions are presented to show how his ideas were picked up and continued all over the world.

ISBN:

9783955532529 (hd. bd.)
3955532526 (hd. bd.)
(online)
9783955532536
(print + online)
9783955532543

Subject:

Otto, Frei, 1925-2015.
Otto, Frei, (1925-2015)
Architects Germany.
Architecture Germany History 20th century Designs and plans.
Lightweight construction.
Tensile architecture.
Air-supported structures.
Architectes Allemagne.
Construction légère.
Structures tendues.
Structures gonflables.
light construction (building )
tensile structures.
air-supported structures.
pneumatic structures.
air-inflated structures.
lightweight construction.
Architecture and Planning.
Architects
Architecture
Architecture Allemagne 1945- ...
Architectes Allemagne Vingtième siècle.
Structures tendues Conception et construction Allemagne 20e siècle.
Germany
German Pavilion (Expo 67, Montréal, Québec)

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings
History

Added entries:

Otto, Frei, 1925-2015.
Möller, Eberhard, 1970- writer of added commentary, writer of preface.
Otto, Frei, 1925-2015, author.
Edition Detail.

Forschen, bauen, inspirieren

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291664
Call No.: BIB 235428
Status: Available