the art and engineering of tensile architecture Berger, Horst. creator text geu 2005 2d ed. monographic eng

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186 p. ill. (some col.) This volume documents the usage and possibilities of "tensile architecture", demonstrating projects from the last 20 years. Introduction : Building a gentler environment -- In the beginning: domes -- From tents to tensile architecture -- How tensile structures work -- Materials for tensile structures -- 20 years of fabric structures: 1973 to 1993 : The way of the spider ; Celebration in the city ; a forest in the desert ; Big tops to stay ; Moving the masts outside ; A giant flower shades the stadium ; Stretched over slender arches ; Music under the tent ; Sails for San Diego ; Bringing light to the airport -- Covering very large spaces -- Physical and mathematical models -- Ideas and possibilities. -- Horst Berger. Tensile architecture Tents Lightweight structures TH145 B4 2005 720.4 1420852671 9781420852677 081765352X 9783764353520 376435352X 9780817653521 pucpr 060710 20220314195029.0 eng