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Animal architecture
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ISBN: 0091227100 Year: 1975 Publisher: London Hutchinson


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De plant als bouwmeester : geniale ideeën in de natuur, voorbeelden voor een leefbare wereld.
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ISBN: 9020222619 Year: 1975 Publisher: Deventer Ankh-Hermes

Nature and architecture
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ISBN: 8881186586 9788881186587 Year: 2000 Publisher: Milan : Skira,

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"Nature," wrote Novalis in a poem of Fragments, "is a magical city frozen in stone." This book, instead, considers architecture as the magical transcription of the shapes and laws of nature into the artificial universe of the city.

Following on in the wake of modern art's urge to conjure up the primordial paths of expressionism, this book explores the natural origin of architectural archetypes: the column, the house, the wall, the door, the temple, the tower, etc. No matter the age or civilisation, all these elements are eternally present in the building activities of mankind.

Evolving from research carried out in the sixties, this book not only examines the differences and similarities between natural and architectural forms, but it also draws comparisons between natural forms and the precepts and ideas that over the centuries have characterised the architecture of different cultures, not so much in order to highlight a manifest naturalistic inspiration but rather to comprehend the unity to which the human mind and the secret order of natural forms both belong.

While acknowledging the central role of ecology, this book refers to the extraordinary achievements of science, especially the one that goes by the name of "new paradigm," to show architecture the way in which continuity and innovation can finally unite. An architecture which, fuelled by the spirit of a new alliance, becomes again the art of inhabiting the earth, putting aside its role as instrument and emblem of that thirst for dominion and violence enunciated by Bacon. A feminine architecture, far from the arrogance of the Babelic twilight years of the 20th century.


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The architecture of variation
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ISBN: 9780500342572 0500342571 Year: 2009 Publisher: London Thames & Hudson


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Form follows nature : a history of nature as model for design in engineering, architecture and art = eine Geschichte der Natur als Modell für Formfindung in Ingenieurbau, Architektur und Kunst
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ISBN: 9783035607901 3035607907 Year: 2015 Publisher: Basel : Birkhaüser,

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Design has always been guided by nature. The forms of nature, optimized for energy and structure, are a model of adaptability and diversity. National scientists, engineers, architects, and artists draw from and are inspired by its rich trove of resources. The book shows how man has engaged with nature and offers suggestions for further reading.

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