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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0521223024
- ISBN 13 9780521223027
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages288
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The Evolution of Designs
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Cambridge University Press, 1979
ISBN 10: 0521223024
ISBN 13: 9780521223027
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 6235722-6
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Evolution of Designs (Cambridge Urban and Architectural Studies)
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Cambridge University Press, 1979
ISBN 10: 0521223024
ISBN 13: 9780521223027
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Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book is clean and has a square, tight binding. Interior pages have rippling and feel a little stiff. Front and back endpapers have light discoloration. interior pages are free from any apparent marks. Dust jacket has wear, small sticker residue on front cover and a price sticker on back cover. This book describes the history of the many analogies which have been made, since the end of the eighteenth century, between biology and the applied arts (with special emphasis on architecture). The first analogies are to do with classification: classificatory methods taken from botany and zoology are applied to the history of architecture. There is then developed an ana-tomical analogy, in which the engineering structure of buildings is compared with the skeleton of the animal. More generally, the idea of the functional coherence or 'correlation of the parts' in the animal body, developed by the anatomist Cuvier, is applied to the same co-ordination which ought to be achieved in 'organic' works of architecture. There is an ecological analogy, which sees the appropriateness of designed objects for their functional purposes as being equivalent to the fitness of animals and plants for their environments. Finally there is a Darwinian or evolutionary analogy, which explains the design of useful objects and buildings, particularly in primitive societies and in the craft tradition, in terms of a sequence of repeated copyings (corresponding to inheritance), with small changes made at each stage ('*variations*), which are then subjected to a testing process when the object is put into use ('selection'). The book lays out these various analogies and examines their effects on architectural and design theory, especially on the theory of the modern movement in architecture. The book you see in the images is the actual book we have for sale. Why pay more? When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock. Seller Inventory # 025252
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Evolution of Designs (Cambridge Urban and Architectural Studies, Series Number 5)
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Cambridge University Press, 1979
ISBN 10: 0521223024
ISBN 13: 9780521223027
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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. Seller Inventory # Z1-T-037-01286
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The Evolution of Designs: Biological Analogy in Architecture and the Applied Arts
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ISBN 13: 9780521223027
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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0521223024. Seller Inventory # 9734746
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The Evolution of Designs
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Cambridge University Press, 1979
ISBN 10: 0521223024
ISBN 13: 9780521223027
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Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Brown boards and spine, the latter, lettered in gilt, with a 1 cm bump on its head. Jacket rubbed around same area plus a 5 mm tear to lower front edge and and a 2 cm one to lower rear edge; spine faded. Internally no faults. Seller Inventory # 004578
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