The mathematics of architecture /

Burry, Jane.

The mathematics of architecture / Jane Burry and Mark Burry - London, United Kingdom : Thames & Hudson, c2010 - 271 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Foreword: Weapons of the Gods -- Introduction: Mathematics and design -- 1. Mathematical surfaces and seriality -- 2. Chaos, complexity, emergence -- 3. Packing and tiling -- 4. Optimization -- 5. Topology -- 6. Datascapes and multi-dimensionality -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Photo credits.

This survey of 46 international projects, compiled and written by leading experts on architectural mathematics, offers a thorough overview of how recent developments in math and physics are being applied to architecture.

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ARCHITECTURE -- MATHEMATICS

NA 2750 .B87 2010