From Bruno Taut's glass house to the Crystal Palace, geodesic domes to the Millennium Dome, this illustrated exploration of lightness in architecture explains how and why the movement began, and shows where it might take us in the future. Architecture has been moving towards lightness since the beginning of the 20th century. As new building materials become available, and as land disappears, architects have focused on efficiency, impermanence and flexibility in structures. Illustrating the achievements of the most visionary architects of the past and present, "Featherweights" traces the evolution of lightness in architecture from the fantastic glass structures of the early 20th century to hi-tech materials for the third millennium. Covering everything from the pre-fab houses to inflatable buildings, utopian architecture to virtual cities, this exploration illustrates the ongoing dialogue between shelter and society and offers exciting glimpses into a future in which gravity is optional.
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This review is from: Featherweights: Light, Mobile, and Floating Architecture (Architecture in Focus) (Hardcover)
A large format trade paperback, released without dustcover. 160 pp on heavy stock with over 200 color illustrations. Glossary, Endnotes, and a Selected Bibliography.
Table of Contents Highlights 5 Pioneers of Light Architecture - Building With Light: Bruno Taut's Glass Fantasies - Light and Heavy: Eero Saarinen's Trans World Airlines Terminal - Geometry: Richard Buckminster Fuller's Visions - Master of the Universe: Archigram's Pencil Revolution - Escaping from Slab Construction: Ulrich Muther Lightweight Construction - Bubble: Frei Otto - Werner Sobek Membranes and Light Materials - Richard Rogers' Millenium Dome - Membraines Over Plush - Andreas Heller's LiebesLeben and SehnSucht - Benno Bauer's Culture Center Inflatable Architecture Modern Nomads - Shigeru Ban's Curtain Wall House - A House on Wheels - Moritz Hauschild's Summerhous Projects Building a World of Bits and Bytes - Architectural Animations - Gehry's Deutsche Genossenschafts Bank - Johannes Herold's Archivision Project - Views of the Future of the City Architecture in Space - Richard Horden's and Andreas Vogler's Space Design Project - Room With a View
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