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In celebration of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, this issue of the Nexus Network Journal is devoted to relationships between astronomy, mathematics and architecture. Ancient cultures looked to the heavens in order to identify timeless principles for their own creations. Knowledge gained in astronomy was transformed into culture through architecture and design. Papers in this issue look at how astronomy influenced architecture and urban design.

Architecture -- Mathematics -- Periodicals. --- Archtiectural design -- Periodicals. --- Mathematics -- Periodicals. --- Mathematics --- Mathematical Theory --- Mathematics - General --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Architecture --- Astronomy --- Mathematics. --- Astronomical mathematics --- Architecture and mathematics --- Mathematics and architecture --- Architecture. --- Mathematics, general. --- Architectural History and Theory. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Math --- Science --- Design and construction --- Architecture, Primitive

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The title of this issue of the Nexus Network Journal, "Architecture, Mathematics and Structure," is deliberately ambiguous. At first glance, it might seem to indicate the relationship between what buildings look like and how they stand up. This is indeed one aspect of what we are concerned with here. But on a deeper level, the fundamental concept of structure is what connects architecture to mathematics. Both architecture and mathematics are highly structured formal systems expressed through a symbolic language. For architecture, the generating structure might be geometrical, musical, modular, or fractal. Once we understand the nature of the structure underlying the design, we are able to "read" the meaning inherent in the architectural forms. The papers in this issue all explore themes of structure in different ways.

Architectural design -- Periodicals. --- Architecture --Mathematics -- Periodicals. --- Mathematics -- Periodicals. --- Mathematics --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Architecture --- Mathematical Theory --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Mathematics. --- History. --- Architecture and mathematics --- Mathematics and architecture --- Architecture. --- Mathematics, general. --- Architectural History and Theory. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Math --- Science --- Design and construction --- Architecture, Primitive

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This volulme features eight original papers dedicated to the theme “Persian Architecture and Mathematics,” guest edited by Reza Sarhangi. All papers were approved through a rigorous process of blind peer review and edited by an interdisciplinary scientific editorial committee. Topics range from symmetry in ancient Persian architecture to the elaborate geometric patterns and complex three-dimensional structures of standing monuments of historical periods, from the expression of mathematical ideas to architectonic structures, and from decorative ornament to the representation of modern group theory and quasi-crystalline patterns. The articles discuss unique monuments Persia, including domed structures and two-dimensional patterns, which have received significant scholarly attention in recent years. This book is a unique contribution to studies of Persian architecture in relation to mathematics.

Architectural design -- Periodicals. --- Architecture -- Mathematics -- Periodicals. --- Mathematics -- Periodicals. --- Mathematics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Mathematical Theory --- Islamic architecture. --- Architecture --- Mathematics. --- Math --- Architecture and mathematics --- Mathematics and architecture --- Arab architecture --- Architecture, Arab --- Architecture, Islamic --- Architecture, Moorish --- Architecture, Muslim --- Architecture, Saracenic --- Moorish architecture --- Muslim architecture --- Saracenic architecture --- Architecture. --- Mathematics, general. --- Architecture, general. --- Science --- Religious architecture --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Design and construction --- Architecture, Primitive