
The New Mathematics of Architecture
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 27. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-500-29025-5 (ISBN)
Description
New in paperback, The New Mathematics of Architecture is a survey of the most advanced contemporary architectural projects in the world that utilize new applications of mathematics for the digital age. From chaos to topology, from optimization to datascapes, architects have been designing - and constructing - complex, sublime and beautiful buildings that change the way we perceive major structures. This one-of-a-kind survey of 46 international projects, compiled and written by leading experts on architectural mathematics, offers a thorough overview of how recent developments in maths and physics are being applied to architecture through accessible illustrations, lucid text and hands-on experience. Case studies are presented in detail with a project profile, and include Norman Foster's British Museum roof and Gehry Partners' Disney Concert Hall, as well as projects by such renowned architects as Minifie Nixon, Kohn Pedersen Fox and Daniel Libeskind. At a time when architects have fewer opportunities to build and more time to consider the future of architecture, this carefully researched book offers students and practitioners new ways of thinking about the future of designing and building. 'Vital to the future of architectural dialect ... an awesome turn-on' - Architects' Journal 'Inside the subdued cover of this modestly sized book you will find analysis, description and beautiful photographs ... if architecture is like frozen music then this is a big mash-up of Prog Rock and Stockhausen. And that cannot be a bad thing' - RIAS Quarterly
Reviews / Votes
'Had to be written ... a valuable summary of where we are in this new landscape ' - Architecture Today 'Accessible and highly informative ... superb' - Art & Architecture JournalMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
193 Illustrations, black and white; 435 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 217 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-500-29025-5 (9780500290255)
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Jane Burry | Mark Burry
New Mathematics of Architecture, The
Book
10/2010
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Persons
Jane Burry is a research fellow at RMIT's Spatial Information Information Architecture Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia.
Content
Foreword by Brett Steele, director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture * Foreword 2 by Norman Foster * Introduction: A Brief History of Mathematics in Architecture * 1. Mathematical Surfaces and Seriality * 2. Complexity, Chaos and Emergence * 3. Packing and Tiling * 4. Optimisation * 5. Topology * 6. Datascapes Featured architects include: MINIFIE NIXON / FOSTER + PARTNERS / JOHN PICKERING / ANTONI GAUDI /INGENHOVEN ARCHITECTS / GEHRY PARTNERS / KOHN PEDERSEN FOX / LAB ARCHITECTURE STUDIO / ATELIERS JEAN NOUVEL / OCEAN NORTH / BIOTHING / ARUP AGU / PTW ARCHITECTS / HENEGHAN PENG / DANIEL LIBESKIND / ASHTON RAGGATT MCDOUGALL / FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS / ARATA ISOZAKI / COX ARCHITECTS / TOYO ITO / UN STUDIO / DECOI ARCHITECTS / PAUL MORGAN ARCHITECTS / GREG LYNN / MCBRIDE CHARLES RYAN / HAKES ASSOCIATES / CLOUD 9 ARCHITECTURE / KARRES EN BRANDS / NOX ARCHITECTS / SERVO / ASYMPTOTE / HYPERBODY RESEARCH GROUP / CARLO RATTI ASSOCIATI