{"product_id":"beyond-the-cube-isbn-9780471122616","title":"Beyond the Cube","description":"This book offers an in-depth look at space frame architecture, including space frame projects completed by such notable architects as I. M. Pei, Buckminster Fuller, Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn. Both theory and practice are included to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, current use, and future outlook for creating space frame structures. The 15 distinguised contributors to this book have extensive background in the architecture of space frames and offer an international perspective on the subject. The text is illustrated with hundreds of line drawings, black-and-white photos, and an eight-page color insert.Diese Sammlung von Beitragen anerkannter Autoren zur Architektur, die uber den Quader hinausgeht, ist das einzige derzeit am Markt befindliche Referenzwerk auf diesem Gebiet. Theoretische und praktische Aspekte der Konstruktion von Vielflachnern und raumlichen Gebilden werden anhand von uber 480 Zeichnungen und zahlreichen Fotographien anschaulich erlautert. (02\/98) Partial table of contents:\u003cbr\u003e Polyhedra, from Pythagoras to Alexander G. Bell (J. Tomlow).\u003cbr\u003e Polyhedrality in the Architecture of Bruce Goff (R. Ristine).\u003cbr\u003e Louis Kahn and Space Frames (I. Ayad).\u003cbr\u003e Buckminster Fuller and the Relevant Pattern (A. Loeb).\u003cbr\u003e Philip Johnson's Crystal Cathedral and the Rhetoric of Its Free-Form Polyhedral Structure (L. Davis).\u003cbr\u003e Tetrahedral Purity: The Javits Center (M. Levy).\u003cbr\u003e Proportion and Symbolism in Polyhedra (R. Motro).\u003cbr\u003e The Structural Morphology of Basic Polyhedra (T. Wester).\u003cbr\u003e Computer-Aided Processing of Polyhedric Configurations (H. Nooshin, et al.).\u003cbr\u003e Tensegrity: Theory and Application (A. Hanaor).\u003cbr\u003e Visual Morphology of Space Labyrinths: A Source for Architecture and Design (H. Lalvani).\u003cbr\u003e Are Space Frames Habitable?\u003cbr\u003e (J. Gabriel).\u003cbr\u003e Contributors.\u003cbr\u003e Index. J. FRANÇOIS GABRIEL is a professor at Syracuse University who specializes in the architecture of space frames. He is a member of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures, and he cofounded its Structural Morphology Working Group. Professor Gabriel has lectured worldwide and published widely on the topic of space frames and has conducted significant research on configurations. Though human fascination with polyhedra can be traced back to the time of Pythagoras, only in the twentieth century have architects begun to fully appreciate and exploit their advantages as elements of structure and design. In Beyond the Cube, J. François Gabriel and a team of leading space frame experts from around the world examine the practical as well as theoretical aspects of space frames. They discuss some of the most memorable examples and practitioners of twentieth-century space frame design: Louis Kahn and the Yale University Art Gallery, Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes, Philip Johnson's radically different approach to space frames in the Crystal Cathedral, and I. M. Pei's Javits Convention and Exhibition Center, among others. In an extended discussion on the theory of polyhedra, Beyond the Cube explores the ways in which coupling cube to tetrahedron produces an array of other polyhedra that enable the expansion of design sources beyond the cube. The book examines the geometric laws that govern many of these shapes-prisms, antiprisms, domes, and folded plate structures, as well as space frames-and surveys the symbolic meanings ascribed to many polyhedra. Structural aspects of polyhedra are examined from two points of view, that of the structural engineer and that of the designer using CAD for the purpose of visualization and formal transformations. The book concludes with a look toward the future of polyhedra in architecture, including tensegrity structures, in which structural elements under compression are not in direct contact with each other; space labyrinths, made of a continuous surface dividing space into two parts; and quasicrystals, three-dimensional manifestations of higher-dimensional polyhedra. The final chapter examines the architectural spaces found within space frames, including \"hexmods,\" \"star beams,\" and the many other spaces that have yet to be named. Far architects, structural engineers, and students, Beyond the Cube covers the what, why, and how of space frame architecture in a comprehensive and accessible manner not available in any other book. Hundreds of line drawings, black-and-white photos, and an eight-page color insert are both instructive and inspiring. This book is more than an introduction to space frames, it is an invitation to explore, discover, and use polyhedra to create imaginative, expressive, and practical designs for buildings. Though human fascination with polyhedra can be traced back to the time of Pythagoras, only in the twentieth century have architects begun to fully appreciate and exploit their advantages as elements of structure and design. In Beyond the Cube, J. François Gabriel and a team of leading space frame experts from around the world examine the practical as well as theoretical aspects of space frames. They discuss some of the most memorable examples and practitioners of twentieth-century space frame design: Louis Kahn and the Yale University Art Gallery, Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes, Philip Johnson's radically different approach to space frames in the Crystal Cathedral, and I. M. Pei's Javits Convention and Exhibition Center, among others.\u003cbr\u003e In an extended discussion on the theory of polyhedra, Beyond the Cube explores the ways in which coupling cube to tetrahedron produces an array of other polyhedra that enable the expansion of design sources beyond the cube. The book examines the geometric laws that govern many of these shapes--prisms, antiprisms, domes, and folded plate structures, as well as space frames--and surveys the symbolic meanings ascribed to many polyhedra. Structural aspects of polyhedra are examined from two points of view, that of the structural engineer and that of the designer using CAD for the purpose of visualization and formal transformations.\u003cbr\u003e The book concludes with a look toward the future of polyhedra in architecture, including tensegrity structures, in which structural elements under compression are not in direct contact with each other; space labyrinths, made of a continuous surface dividing space into two parts; and quasicrystals, three-dimensional manifestations of higher-dimensional polyhedra. The final chapter examines the architectural spaces found within space frames, including \"hexmods,\" \"star beams,\" and the many other spaces that have yet to be named.\u003cbr\u003e For architects, structural engineers, and students, Beyond the Cube covers the what, why, and how of space frame architecture in a comprehensive and accessible manner not available in any other book. Hundreds of line drawings, black-and-white photos, and an eight-page color insert are both instructive and inspiring. This book is more than an introduction to space frames, it is an invitation to explore, discover, and use polyhedra to create imaginative, expressive, and practical designs for buildings.\u003cbr\u003e \"We use the cube as if it were the only acceptable model for our living spaces and, in doing so, we ignore countless other forms that might lead to more efficient, more beautiful, more economical, and certainly less worn-out environments.\" --from the Preface","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988808384741,"sku":"NP9780471122616","price":167.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471122616.jpg?v=1761781671","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/beyond-the-cube-isbn-9780471122616","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}