Dream Architecture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783936681451)

As building materials and technologies advance, architects are creating new kinds of urban environments. Among the innovations showcased in this book that are contributing to new architectural forms are parametric modeling enabled by computer-aided technology, environmentally friendly building skins, and HOPSCAs - a hybrid building type - that can house hotels, offices, parking, shopping, a convention center, and apartments under one roof. The dream buildings in this book reflect a changing architectural and cultural environment, and the processes that turn these concepts from vision to reality will open a new chapter in architectural history.

Author: Xing Rihan
ISBN-10: 3936681457
ISBN-13: 9783936681451
Publisher: Axel Menges
Language: English
Published: 12/16/2010
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.75lbs
Size: 11.40h x 9.90w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2011 pg. 228