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Item Details
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ZOOMORPHIC
NEW ANIMAL ARCHITECTURE |
| By: |
Hugh Aldersey-Williams |
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Hardback |
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£19.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1856693406 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781856693400 |
| Publisher: |
LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2003 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
An examination of contemporary building design inspired by animals, showing various ways in which organic and animal forms inform architectural ones. The book also includes plans for unbuilt projects by Will Aslopm, Kathryn Findlay and Snohetta, and accompanies an exhibition at the V&A. |
| Synopsis: |
A rash of buildings inspired by bizarre animals have been built and commissioned in the last few years. Animal/House examines this, on the surface, quirky trend and questions why and how this has happened. Is it because of new technical possibilities in materials and structural engineering? Or is the answer to be found in new social preoccupations in science? After a brief look a the historical precedents, the main body of the book focuses on contemporary buildings such as Foster's SECC in Glasgow based on an armadillo and Calatrava's Milwaukee Art Museum that recalls a bird. It shows the various ways in which the organic/animal forms inform the architectural ones. Sometimes the 'animal' connection is generated for structural reasons (nature supplies an elegant solution to a structural problem); in other cases the resemblance is symbolic; while in yet others the visual connection is more accidental. |
| Illustrations: |
260 illustrations, (200 colour ) |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Laurence King Publishing |
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Non-returnable |
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