Main entry:

Otto, Frei, 1925-2015.

Title & Author:

Frei Otto : complete works : lightweight construction, natural design / edited by Winfried Nerdinger ; in collaboration with Irene Meissner, Eberhard Möller, Mirjana Grdanjski.

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, ©2005.

Description:

391 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universität München, May 26-Aug. 28, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frei Otto : working for a better "earth for mankind" / Winfried Nerdinger -- Natural forms: architectural forms / Rainer Barthel -- The lightweight principle / Eberhard Möller -- Frei Otto and biology / Ulrich Kull -- In harmony with nature and technology: on Frei Otto's architecture and work method / Irene Meissner -- Models and experiments : Where architecture and civil engineering meet / Rainer Graefe -- Institute for Development of Lightweight Construction and Atelier Warmbronn / Ewald Bubner -- The Institute for Lightweight Structures University Institute and Spinners' Centre / Berthold Burkhardt -- Frei Otto and Ove Arup: a case of mutual inspiration / Christian Brensing -- Frei Otto and Ted Happold: 1967-1996 and beyond / Michael Dickson -- Ethics, aesthetics and innovation : a speech / by Frei Otto -- Workshop of ideas, drawings and sketches -- Catalogue of works: buildings and projects 1951-2004 / Irene Meissner, Eberhard Möller -- Appendix : Frei Otto and projects in the Orient: a personal account / Bodo Rasch -- Homage to Frei Otto -- Biography -- Glossary.

Summary:

"Frei Otto (b. 1925) is one of the great architects of the second half of the 20th century. He has produced an impressive body of work over more than fifty years, examined and presented here in full for the first time. His outstanding place in architectural history is based on inventing and researching wide-spanned lightweight structures like membranes, cable nets, grid shells and pneumatic constructions. Frei Otto always aims to create architecture that is environmentally friendly, energy-saving, light, mobile and adaptable." "As well as a chronological catalogue of all Frei Otto's designs and buildings, this book also includes ten essays by distinguished authors and experts, shedding light on fundamental aspects of Frei Otto's work."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
Publisher description
Publisher description

ISBN:

3764372311 (hd. bd.)
9783764372316 (hd. bd.)

Subject:

Otto, Frei, 1925-2015 Exhibitions.
Otto, Frei, 1925-.
Otto, Frei, 1925- Expositions.
Otto, Frei, 1925-2015
Otto, Frei Architektur Aufsatzsammlung.
Otto, Frei Architektur Werkverzeichnis.
Architecture Germany History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture Germany 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture Allemagne 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture.
Bouwkunst.
Bouwconstructies.
Germany.

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Catalogues raisonnés.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Added entries:

Nerdinger, Winfried.
Meissner, Irene
Möller, Eberhard, 1970-
Grdanjski, Mirjana
Technische Universität München. Architekturmuseum.

Lightweight construction, natural design

Holdings:

Location: Library main 238528
Call No.: BIB 168395
Status: Available