Tsui, Eugene.

Evolutionary architecture : nature as a basis for design / Eugene Tsui.

New York : John Wiley, ©1999.

xvii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

"Looking to nature as the source of some of the strongest and most efficient structural forms known to mankind, Eugene Tsui's evolutionary architecture offers original alternatives to the uninspired cut-and-butt, post-and-beam constructions that dominate our architectural landscape today." "This book uncovers the guiding principles behind Tsui's evolutionary approach to explore the many design lessons that can be learned from nature and share the impressive results of their application to architectural projects. Examining nature's forms, materials, and structures from an architectural and scientific perspective, Tsui provides an exciting glimpse of the world through his eyes, a fantastic world in which termite towers, bird's nests, fish bubble homes, and common snail shells are just some of nature's creations that harbor a hidden universe of design possibilities and problem-solving ideas."--Jacket.

0471117269 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780471117261 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Tsui, Eugene 1954-
Organic architecture.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Biomechanics.
Biomechanical Phenomena
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture organique.
Biomécanique.
organic architecture.
Architektur
Bauform
Biologie
Kunst
Natur
Organische Architektur
Ästhetik
Bionik
Fantastische Architektur
Naturnachahmung
Architekturtheorie
Geschichte 1970-1999

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 201644
Cote: NA44.T8825.A35 1999
Statut: Disponible