Dream architecture : today's designs for tomorrow

Showcases the innovations that are contributing to architectural forms, this title includes parametric modelling that is enabled by computer-aided technology, environmentally friendly building skins, and HOPSCAs - a hybrid building type - that can house hotels, offices, parking, shopping, a conventi...

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Main Author: Xing, Rihan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stuttgart, Germany : Edition Axel Menges , c2010
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Summary:Showcases the innovations that are contributing to architectural forms, this title includes parametric modelling that is enabled by computer-aided technology, environmentally friendly building skins, and HOPSCAs - a hybrid building type - that can house hotels, offices, parking, shopping, a convention centre, and apartments under one roof
Physical Description:366 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.
ISBN:3936681457 (hardback : alk. paper)
9783936681451 (hardback : alk. paper)