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Bio-Architecture

by Javier Senosiain, Marguerite Black Sterling, Luis Raúl Enríquez Montiel

This book examines the natural principles of animal and human construction to analyse how organic design can harmonise with nature. Using international examples, it explores how natural forms and modern technology can be combined to shape built structures.

Accession 10419 ISBN 0750656042 Publisher Architectural Press (Elsevier)
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Organic architecture offers a design approach arising from natural principles, bringing us back to local history, tradition, and cultural roots to give us built forms which are in harmony with nature. It also shows how architects can take advantage of the resources that contemporary technology has placed within our grasp. -- blurb

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