The Architecture of the Jumping Universe: A Polemic - How Complexity Science Is Changing Architecture and Culture
Jencks, Charles
Publication Date |
1997 |
ISBN |
1854904868 |
Publisher |
John Wiley & Sons |
Binding |
Paperback |
Condition |
Very good copy |
SKU |
17432 |
Notes |
Lightly rubbed. Very clean and neat. |
Description
Paperback. 192pp. Revised edition. Discusses the basic ideas of complexity and chaos theories and presents many examples of architecture based on these ideas in the work of leading architects including Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, etc. Charles Jencks’ own recent work is used to illustrate concepts in physics and an architecture based on waves and twists. Academy Editions for John Wiley.
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