Inspired by Nature: Plants: The Building/Botany Connection (Inspired by Nature)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0393732517
ISBN 13
9780393732511
Category
Materials & Technology
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
192
Description
A look at how nature serves as a source of inspiration for contemporary architecture.Nature has always furnished stimulating ideas for the design of architecture. This collection of buildings, both vernacular and by important architects, from houses to hotels, schools, and commercial and industrial projects, reveals conscious and unconscious visual analogies with the plant world and explains why natural forms make good models for structure. 246 color & 125 line illustrations - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
