New tent architecture / Philip Drew

By:

Drew, Philip [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London, United Kingdom : Thames & Hudson, c2008Description: 208 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 28 cmISBN:

9780500342435

Subject(s):

TENSILE ARCHITECTURE

LOC classification:

NA 4160 .D74 2008

Contents:

Tents as architecture new shapes, new materials -- Gravity's line -- Small peaks -- Large waves -- Rings and convertibles -- Atrium covers, fabric walls -- New interpretations -- Bibliography and resources -- Glossary -- Directory of Architects.

Summary: New Tent Architecture is the first major publication to look at the exciting possibilities of contemporary tensile building and the most interesting membrane structures created in recent years. This wide-ranging international survey begins with a substantial architectural and cultural history of the tent, considering its origins, meaning and ecological elegance. The core of the book features thirty recent projects, grouped by theme (atrium covers and fabric walls, ring roofs and convertibles, small peaks, large waves) and presented extensively through accessible text descriptions, photographs and line drawings. At the forefront of current architectural practice and offering countless lessons for an increasingly environmentally aware profession, New Tent Architecture will be of widespread appeal and use to architecture and design professionals, engineers and students worldwide.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture General Circulation	Architecture	GC NA 4160 .D74 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000010191

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Includes bibliographical references.

New Tent Architecture is the first major publication to look at the exciting possibilities of contemporary tensile building and the most interesting membrane structures created in recent years. This wide-ranging international survey begins with a substantial architectural and cultural history of the tent, considering its origins, meaning and ecological elegance. The core of the book features thirty recent projects, grouped by theme (atrium covers and fabric walls, ring roofs and convertibles, small peaks, large waves) and presented extensively through accessible text descriptions, photographs and line drawings. At the forefront of current architectural practice and offering countless lessons for an increasingly environmentally aware profession, New Tent Architecture will be of widespread appeal and use to architecture and design professionals, engineers and students worldwide.

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