Beyond the Cube

Beyond the Cube

The Architecture of Space Frames and Polyhedra

Editor: Jean-François Gabriel

Wiley

ISBN: 978-0471122616

ISBN-10: 0471122610

Updated: 2024-12-17 20:262024-12-17

Copyright ©1997

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Contents

1 Preface

2 Polyhedra, from Pythagoras to Alexander Graham Bell

3 Louis Kahn and Space Frames

4 Buckminster Fuller and the Relevant Pattern

5 Polyhedral Structure

6 Tetrahedral Purity: The Javits Center

7 Double Curvature Space Frames Supported on Four Points: Design and Construction of the International Plaza of Portopia ‘81

8 Deconstruction of the Cube

9 The Polyhedral World

10 Proportion and Symbolism in Polyhedra

11 The Structural Morphology of Basic Polyhedra

12 Computer-Aided Processing of Polyhedric Configurations

13 Tensegrity: Theory and Application

14 Visual Morphology of Space Labyrinths: A Source for Architecture and Design

15 Quasicrystal Architecture: The Space of Experience

16 Are Space Frames Habitable?

Index

Index

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Polyhedra, from Pythagoras to Alexander Graham Bell

Louis Kahn and Space Frames

Buckminster Fuller and the Relevant Pattern

Polyhedral Structure

Tetrahedral Purity: The Javits Center

Double Curvature Space Frames Supported on Four Points: Design and Construction of the International

Deconstruction of the Cube

The Polyhedral World

Proportion and Symbolism in Polyhedra

The Structural Morphology of Basic Polyhedra

Computer-Aided Processing of Polyhedric Configurations

Tensegrity: Theory and Application

Visual Morphology of Space Labyrinths: A Source for Architecture and Design

Quasicrystal Architecture: The Space of Experience

Are Space Frames Habitable?

Index