The monumental impulse : architecture's biological roots / George Hersey.

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Hersey, George L.

Title & Author:

The monumental impulse : architecture's biological roots / George Hersey.

Publication:

Description:

xx, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.
1 Molecules, Viruses, and Cells 1 -- 2 Leaves and Flowers 25 -- 3 Shells 41 -- 4 Insects 61 -- 5 Birds 79 -- 6 Mammals: Territory and Reproductive Rights 97 -- 7 Penis Paradigms 115 -- 8 The Female Genital Palace 137 -- 9 The Biology of Architectural Reproduction 157 -- 10 Where to Now? 179.

Summary:

"Humans owe an immense architectural debt to other species. The first hexagons humans saw may have been in honeycombs, the first skyscrapers termitaries (termite high-rises), and the first tents those of African weaver ants. In The Monumental Impulse, art historian George Hersey investigates many ties between the biological sciences and the building arts. Natural building materials such as wood and limestone, for example, originate in biological processes. Much architectural ornament borrows from botany and zoology. Hersey draws striking analogies between building types and animal species. He examines the relationship between physical structures and living organisms, from bridges to mosques, from molecules to mammals."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0262082748
9780262082747
0262582031
9780262582032

Subject:

Architecture Philosophy.
Architectural design.
Nature (Aesthetics)
Architecture and society.
Architecture Philosophie.
Design architectural.
Nature (Esthétique)
Architecture et société.
architectural theory.
Bouwkunst.
Biologische aspecten.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202128
Call No.: NA2500 .H4 1999
Status: Available

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