Architecture follows nature : biomimetic principles for innovative design /: biomimetic principles for innovative design. ([2013])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Architecture follows nature : biomimetic principles for innovative design /: biomimetic principles for innovative design. ([2013])
- Main Title:
- Architecture follows nature : biomimetic principles for innovative design
- Further Information:
- Note: Ilaria Mazzoleni in collaboration with Shauna Price.
- Other Names:
- Mazzoleni, Ilaria
Price, Shauna - Contents:
- Part I: Theoretical framework : How nature inspires architecture : Historical interplay of bio-inspired architecture among science, art and design ; Contemporary challenges and interests ; Nature and the built environment ; Novel practices in the built environment: dynamic, atmospheric, and active -- How biology informs architecture : Evolving and adapting to survive ; Climate and biomes ; Ecosystems and biodiversity -- Lessons learned: biology to the built environment -- Part II: Applications : Overview ; Methodology : Skin composition and functions; The four selected functions -- Communication : Urania moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) ; Violet-tailed sylph (Aglaiocernus coelestis) ; Lettuce sea slug (Elysia crispata) -- Thermal regulation : Side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) ; Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) ; Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) -- Water balance : Banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus) ; Dyeing dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) ; Ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) ; Namib Desert beetles) Onymacris unguicularis, Physasterna cribripes) -- Protection : Tree pangolin (Manis tricuspis) ; Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibiux).
- Publisher Details:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 242 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 729
Architecture and biology
Architectural design
Biomimicry
Architectural design
Architecture and biology
Biomimicry
ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 1322611998
9781322611990
9781466506091
1466506091 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781466506077
1466506075 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and index.
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