Kinetic Architecture

Zuk, William - Clark, Roger H.

Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970

About this Item

Oblong quarto, 163 pages, illustrated with b&w photos and plans. Black cloth with printed spine. Illustrated wrappers. - First edition. Artists and architects include Thomas Jefferson, Lev Zetlin & Assoc., Charles Luckman, Marcello Sacripanti, Archigram, Warren Chalk, Carl Koch, Victor Lundy, Masanori Umeda, John Vredegood, Merete Mattern, Richard Foster, Pier Luigi Nervi, and R. Buckminster Fuller among others. ??.Denouncing the 'monument syndrome of static, permanent architecture' in light of current needs, the authors pursue new architectural mediums which would remain responsive to a broad spectrum of changing conditions. Such buildings might expand, contract, or even move as pointed up in the book's numerous examples and illustrations. Here you'll gain new insights into the principles and possibilities of dynamic self-erecting structures such as the United States pavilion in Osaka, Japan.incremental structures which have the potential to meet changing pressures through additive, subtractive, or substitutive capabilities (which suggest new ideas for the mobile home industry).disposable buildings - a possible solution to cost-benefit problems.the merits of a 'second-hand' building market based on the capabilities of reversible architecture.and many more equally fascinating innovations.". Seller Inventory # 001292

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kinetic Architecture

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company

Publication Date: 1970

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition