Main entry:

Bahamón, Alejandro.

Title & Author:

The magic of tents : transforming space / Alejandro Bahamon.

Publication:

New York : Harper Design International, ©2004.

Description:

171 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Old new tents -- The Vernacular and design -- Leichtbau Institute / Frei Otto -- [Pt. 1] The Tuareg tent and the world of African Nomads: -- Metro Station / Samyn and Partners -- Research Laboratory / Samyn and Partners -- AMP Offices / Klein Dytham Architecture -- [Pt. 2] The Bedouin Tent and Islam: -- Buckingham Palace Ticket Office / Hopkins Architects -- North Court, University of Melbourne / John Wardle Architects -- Civic Center Wildscreen / Hopkins Architects -- Maritime Terminal / José Lastra, Guillermo Capellán Ricardo Miñana -- Kuwait Scientific Center / Cambridge Seven Associates -- Buchberg / Querkraft Architekten -- [Pt. 3] Kazakh Yurt and the Asian Tent: -- Inferno Offices / MMW Architects -- Tidsmaskin / MMW Architects -- Machine Tent / FTL Design Engineering Studio -- Silk / Tony Chi & Associates -- [Pt. 4] The teepees of North America: -- Nikki Beach / Stephane Dupoux -- Re:Motion / Graven Images -- [Pt. 5] New Textile Fibers: -- Law offices / Propeller Z -- Sun Square System / SunSquare System -- Le Restaurant / Architectures Jean Nouvel -- Campo de Marte Tent / Josep Ollé, Stefano Bertino, Calonggiero Celeste -- Amapola Restaurant / De Brant Joyce & Partners -- [Pt. 6] Textile art: -- Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Reichstag, 1995: -- Maison Barak / Françoise Roche, Stéphane Lavaux/R & Sie ... -- Expertex Textile Center / Brookes, Stacey, Randall -- SIG / MARTERERMOOSMANN -- Dynamic Earth / Hopkins Architects -- Eva-Maria Joeressen, Hier Zuhause, 1998: -- RecreationBox / Burkhardt Leitner Constructiv -- Tent in Mallorca / B.B. Estudio de Arquitectura, Sergi Bastidas -- Pallota TeamWorks Headquarters / Clive Wilkinson Architects -- Keller House / Iffi Wüben -- Extension for a home / Staughton Architects -- Anish Kapoor, Marsyas, 2002: -- Advertising Agency / Clive Wilkinson Architects -- Van Heyningen and Haward Studio / Van Heyningen and Haward Architects -- Chiropractic Clinic / LEAD, Inc. -- Ondaatje Theatre / Studio Downie Architects.

Summary:

For years, architects have enjoyed the challenge of incorporating lightweight structures - fabrics, tents, canopies, membranes - into their designs. This text showcases innovative uses of lightweight, tented structures from across the United States and around the world.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0060567562 (Paperback)
9780060567569 (Paperback)

Subject:

Space frame structures.
Tensile architecture.
Tents.
Structures spatiales.
Structures tendues.
Tentes.
space frames.
tensile structures.
tent structures.
Tenten.
Architecture d'intérieur.
Architecture textile.
Structure tendue.
Tente.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 233890
Call No.: TA660.S63 B34 2004
Status: Available