Block, Philippe

Beyond Bending: reimagining compression shells - Munich Detail Business Information GmbH 2017 - 190p.

7542, Burhani Book Centre

Beyond Bending p.15, Beyond the Slab p.17, Building with Weak Material p.20, Beyond the Slab II p.33, Building with Less Material p.42, Beyond the Dome p.55, Exploring form and Forces p.64, Beyond Freeform p.79, Extending Stereotomy p.90,The Making of the Armadillo Vault p.101, Form and Structure p.103, Engineering the Extreme A Conversation with Ochsendorf DeJong & Block p.116, Stereotomy and Fabrication p.127, Informing Geometry A Conversation with the Block Research Group p.138, Construction and Assembly p.147, Balancing Craft and Machine A Conversation with the Escobedo Group
Afterword p.170, A New Research-Driven Architectural Practice by Gilles Retsin p.178, Authors p.184, Contributors p.186, Exhibition and Object Credits p.187, Image Credits188, Bibliography p.190.


9783955533908

720.1/BLO