Entrée principale:

Salingaros, Nikos Angelos.

Titre et auteur:

A theory of architecture / Nikos A. Salingaros ; with contributions by Michael W. Mehaffy [and others] ; [preface by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales].

Édition:

Asian ed.

Publication:

Kathmandu, Nepal : Vajra Books, ©2013.

Description:

300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277).
The law of architecture from a physicist's perspective -- A scientific basis for creating architectural forms -- Hierarchical cooperation in architecture: the mathematical necessity for ornament -- The sensory value of ornament -- Life and complexity in architecture from a thermodynamic analogy -- Architecture, patterns, and mathematics -- Pavements as embodiments of meaning for a fractal mind (with Terry M. Mikiten and Hing-Sing Yu) -- Modularity and the number of design choices (with Débora M. Tejada) -- Geometrical fundamentalism (with Michael W. Mehaffy) -- Darwinian processes and memes in architecture: a memetic theory of modernism (with Terry M. Mikiten) -- Two languages for architecture -- Architectural memes in a universe of information.

ISBN:

9789937623124 (pbk.)
993762312X (pbk.)
9780989346917 (pbk.)
0989346919 (pbk.)

Sujet:

Architecture.
Architectural design.
Design architectural.
architecture (discipline)

Vedettes secondaires:

Mehaffy, Michael W.
Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948-

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 285841
Cote: BIB 225777
Statut: Disponible