TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berger,Horst
TI  - Light structures, structures of light: the art and engineering of tensile architecture. 
SN  - 1420852671
AV  - TH145 B4 2005
U1  - 720.4 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Bloomington, Ind. : 
PB  - Author House
KW  - Tensile architecture
KW  - Local
KW  - Tents
KW  - Lightweight structures
N1  - 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. --
N2  - This volume documents the usage and possibilities of "tensile architecture", demonstrating projects from the last 20 years.
ER  -