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Form follows nature : eine Geschichte der Natur als Modell für Formfindung in Ingenieurbau, Architektur und Kunst = A history of nature as model for design in engineering, architecture and art / Rudolf Finsterwalder (hg ; ed.) ; [Übersetzung: Jeremy Gains, Rudolf Finsterwalder, Johnathan Buckley ; unter Mitarbeit von Birgit Ostrzecha and others].
Title & Author:

Form follows nature : eine Geschichte der Natur als Modell für Formfindung in Ingenieurbau, Architektur und Kunst = A history of nature as model for design in engineering, architecture and art / Rudolf Finsterwalder (hg ; ed.) ; [Übersetzung: Jeremy Gains, Rudolf Finsterwalder, Johnathan Buckley ; unter Mitarbeit von Birgit Ostrzecha and others].

Publication:

Wien ; New York : Springer, ©2011.

Description:

509 pages : 537 illustrations (some color), plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chiesa in Olevano Romano / Rudolf Finsterwalder -- Formsachen : Musik, Natur und Gedächtnis = Matters of form : music, nature and memory / Dieter Dolezel -- Der umgekehrte Weg : interview mit Frei Otto am 28. März und 28. Oktober 2008 = The inverse route : interview with Frei Otto, March 28 and October 28, 2008 / Rudolf Finsterwalder -- Testlabor Natur : Entwickeln und Konstruieren nach biologischen Vorbildern = Nature, a test lab : developing and constructing according to biological archetypes / Werner Nachtigall -- Form follows nature? ; Organische Architektur : 5 Projekte von Finsterwalder Architekten = Organic architecture : 5 projects by Finsterwalder Architekten / Rudolf Finsterwalder -- Funken 1-12 / Carsten Nicolai -- Die Muster der Natur = Nature's patterns / Ian Stewart -- Schalentiere und Seeigel = Crustaceans and sea urchins; Seifenblasen = Forming bubbles / Frei Otto -- Das japanische Wohnhaus und die Natur = The Japanese dwelling and nature / Manfred Speidel -- Wohnbauten der Naturevölker = Domestic architecture of the primitive people / Günther Hartmann -- Bauweise der lebenden Natur = Building methods of living Nature / Eda Schaur -- Tierbauten : zwischen Spezialisierung und Anpassung = Animal structures : between specialisation and adaption / Cornelius Thywissen -- Konstruktionen der nicht lebenden Natur = Constructions of non-living nature / Cornelius Thywissen -- Wachsende und sich teilende Pneus = Growing and dividing Pneus / Frei Otto -- Sandwichstrukturen der Schädelkapsel verschiedener Vögel : zum Leichtbauprinzip bei Organismen = Sandwich structures in the skull capsules of various birds : the principle of lightweight structures in organisms / Paul Bühler -- Fromenkunst der Natur = Formative art of nature / Oskar Prochnow -- Frank Lloyd Wright und seine organische Architektur = Frank Lloyd Wright and his organic architecture / Rudolf Finsterwalder -- Sternenschau und Schalenbau : das Zeiss-Planetarium Jena = Star show and Gridshell construction : the Zeiss Planetarium Jena / Joachim Krausse -- Hermann Finsterlin : ein phantastischer Architekt = Hermann Finsterlin : a fantastic architect / Rudolf Finsterwalder -- Über Spiculae und Spicularskelette = On spicules and spicular skeletons / D'Arcy W. Thompson -- Kunstformen der Natur = Art forms from nature / Ernst Haeckel -- Strena : vom sechsickigen Schnee = Strena : about the hexagonal snow / Johannes Kepler -- Perspectiva corporum regularium / Wenzel Jamnitzer.
Text in German and English.
Parallel text in German and English.
Summary:

Nature is in many different ways a pool for the productive human being, but also a counterpoint to his/her own work. This book offers a richly illustrated overview of the history of nature in architecture, civil engineering and art.

ISBN:

9783709108550 (hd. bd.)
3709108551 (hd. bd.)

Subject:

Nature (Aesthetics)
Organic architecture.
Nature in art.
Natural history in art.
Nature (Esthétique)
Architecture organique.
Nature dans l'art.
organic architecture.
Organisk arkitektur.
Arkitektonisk struktur.
Biologi.
Otto, Frei, 1925-2015
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Finsterlin, Hermann, 1887-1973
Finsterwalder Architekten

Form/genre:

Interviews.

Added entries:

Finsterwalder, Rudolf, 1966-
Ostrzecha, Birgit
Wang, Wilfried
Dolezel, Dieter, 1977-
Otto, Frei, 1925-2015
Nachtigall, Werner
Nicolai, Carsten, 1965-
Stewart, Ian, 1945-
Speidel, Manfred
Hartmann, Günther, 1924 Jan. 13-
Schaur, Eda, 1945-
Thywissen, Cornelius
Bühler, Paul, 1936-
Prochnow, Oskar, b. 1884
Krausse, Joachim
Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860-1948
Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919
Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630
Jamnitzer, Wenzel, 1508-1585

Geschichte der Natur als Modell für Formfindung in Ingenieurbau, Architektur und Kunst
History of nature as model for design in engineering, architecture and art

Holdings:

Location: Library main 276570
Call No.: BIB 211202
Status: Available

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