Title & Author:

Natural metaphor : an anthology of essays on architecture and nature / [contributors, Iñaki Abalos [and others] ; edited by Josep Lluis Mateo ; translations, Francis Steegmuller [and others]].

Publication:

Zürich : ETH ; Barcelona ; New York : Actar-D, 2007.

Description:

167, [9] pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm

Series:

Architectural papers ; 3

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Natural Metaphor / Josep Lluis Mateo -- Essays -- Nature and Architecture / Philip Ursprung -- Treetops -- A Learning Landscape / Erwin Viray -- Change of Nature / Christophe Girot -- Large Area / Maria Vine -- Landscape and the City / Mai Komura -- Frozen Music / Michal Kreywdziak -- Matter and Time / Toni Girones -- New Orleans Now / Frederic Schwartz -- Water -- Valencia Heading for the Sea / Ramias Steinemann -- Earth -- In Vi No Veritas / Alice Hucker -- Insulation Concrete / Patrick Gartmann -- Scenery of Nature / Catherine Dumont d'Ayot -- Sun Also Shines Today / Florian Sauter -- Voices -- Close Encounter / Christian Kerez -- Production of Reality / Olafur Eliassan -- Ordinary Beauty / Peter St. John -- Theory, Practice and Landscape / Stan Allen -- We Are Nature / Paulo Mendes da Rocha -- Local and Global / Manuel Castells -- Found papers -- 10 Assertions on Architecture and Science / Marcel Meili -- "I Would Prefer Not to" / Inaki Abalos -- Darwin on Our Desk / Josep Lluis Mateo -- Architecture Is / Renzo Piano.

Resources:
TOC

ISBN:

9788496954083 (paperback)
8496954080 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architecture Aesthetics.
Nature (Aesthetics)
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture Esthétique.
Nature (Esthétique)

Added entries:

Abalos, Iñaki, 1956-
Mateo, José Luis, 1949-
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich.
Architectural papers (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) ; 3.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255494
Call No.: BIB 185690
Status: Available