Architecture follows nature : biomimetic principles for innovative design /: biomimetic principles for innovative design. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.