The Centro studi Leon Battista Alberti presents Nexus II : architecture and mathematics / edited by Kim Williams.

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The Centro studi Leon Battista Alberti presents Nexus II : architecture and mathematics / edited by Kim Williams.

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Description:

186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Collana "Gli studi" ; 5

Notes:
Papers presented at a conference held in Mantua, Italy, June 6-9, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references.
Equiangular numbers / Henry Crapo and Claude Le Conte de Poly Barbut -- Fractal geometry in the late work of Frank Lloyd Wright : the Palmer House / Leonard K. Eaton -- La Venezia perfetta : the geometry of the city / Michele Emmer -- The influence of mathematics on the development of structural form / Holger Falter -- Contra divinam proportionem / Marco Frascari and Livio Volpi Ghirardini -- On some geometrical and architectural ideas from African art and craft / Paulus Gerdes -- The hidden pavement designs of the Laurentian Library / Ben Nicholson, Jay Kappraff, Saori Hisano -- Aperiodic tiling, penrose tiling and the generation of architectural forms / Michael J. Ostwald -- Leon Battista Alberti and the art of building / Salvatore di Pasquale -- The "quadrivium" in the Pantheon of Rome / Gert Sperling -- The metallic means and design / Vera W. de Spinadel -- Nicholas of Cusa, Alberti and the architectonics of the mind / Graziella Federici Vescovini -- The mathematics of Palladio's villas / Stephen R. Wassell.
Also issued online.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0.

ISBN:

8886888139
9788886888134

Subject:

Architectural design Congresses.
Architecture Mathematics Congresses.
Design architectural Congrès.
Architectural design
Architecture Mathematics
Bouwkunst.
Wiskunde.
Architecture Mathématiques Congrès.
Mantoue Congrès 1998.
NEXUS
architecture
mathematics
Alberti

Form/genre:

Conference publications.
Conference papers and proceedings

Added entries:

Williams, Kim, 1956-
Centro di studi Leon Battista Alberti (Mantua, Italy)
Collana "Gli studi" ; 5.

Nexus II

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207431
Call No.: NA2750 .C4 1998
Status: Available

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