Main entry:

Bahamón, Alejandro.

Title & Author:

Inspired by nature : plants : the building/botany connection / Alejandro Bahamón, Patricia Pérez, Alex Campello.

Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, 2008.

Description:

191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Originally published in Spanish: Barcelona : Parramon Ediciones, ©2006.
Light and spatial arrangement : Lucky Drops / Atelier Tekuto, Masahiro Ikeda ; Sharp Center for Design / Alsop Architects ; Las Palmas Parasite / Korteknie Stuhlmacher ; Fire and police station / Sauerbruch Hutton Architects ; Children's room / Laboratory of Architecture -- Water control : World Birding Center / Lake/Flato Architects --- New Barcelona Activa Headquarters / Roldán + Berengué Arquitectos ; Houses in Maasbommel / Factor Architecten -- Temperature control : Somis Hay Barn / Studio Pali Fekete Architects ; Sfera Building / Claesson Koivisto Rune ; Mill Center for the Arts / Pugh + Scarpa, Eskew + Dumez + Ripple -- Extreme conditions : Mountain bivouac / Miha Kajzelj ; Turbulence House / Steven Holl Architects ; Svalbard Research Centre / Jarmun/Vignæ Architects ; ESO Hotel / Auer + Weber Architekten + Assoziiette -- Defense : Dutch Embassy / Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects ; Magasin 3 / Block Architecture ; Brillare / Klein Dytham Architecture -- Homologies : Südwestmetall Offices / Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten -- Leaf Chapel / Klein Dytham Architecture ; Buffon School / Edouard François, Duncan Lewis -- Billboard Building / Klein Dytham Architecture ; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation / Rene Gonzalez.
Translated from the Spanish.

Summary:

"Nature has always furnished stimulating ideas for the design of architecture, both vernacular and in the work of major architects. Inspired by Nature: Plants looks at how the plant world serves as a useful source of inspiration, whether intentional or unconscious, for great contemporary architecture. Accompanying the images of built examples, ranging from houses to hotels, schools, and commercial and industrial projects, are botanical drawings and an explanation of why natural forms make good models for structure. The visual analogies underline how architects can find elegant solutions and create new, sustainable, and efficient architectonic forms by the close and understanding observation of nature."--Jacket

Resources:
04

ISBN:

9780393732511 (pbk.)
0393732517 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Environmental aspects.
Plants in architecture.
Nature (Aesthetics)
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Plantes en architecture.
Nature (Esthétique)
Architecture.
Architektur
Pflanzen
Natur
Baubionik
architectuur
architecture
gebouwen
buildings
ontwerp
design
beeldende kunsten
visual arts
planten
plants
plantkunde
botany
natuur
nature
Architecture (General)
Architectuur (algemeen)

Added entries:

Pérez, Patricia (Pérez Rumpler)
Campello, Alex.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257585
Call No.: BIB 188108
Status: Available