By Olga Popovic Larsen

ISBN-10: 0750682639

ISBN-13: 9780750682633

In structural phrases reciprocal body buildings are 'three dimensional assemblies of at the same time helping beams'. yet at the back of this definition lie a few breathtakingly appealing and complicated buildings on the center of constructions either historic and glossy. This new booklet explores the foundations of those it sounds as if easy buildings and demonstrates how they are often utilized in the context of a contemporary building.

Starting with ancient designs by way of de Honnecourt, Da Vinci and Serlio, the booklet provides the wealth of attainable RF morphologies, and investigates the geometrical, structural and functional layout problems with reciprocal frames.

The case reports examine wonderful examples of reciprocal body structure that variety from low environmental influence constructions and self outfitted examples within the united kingdom and united states, to the attention-grabbing and stylish buildings of the Puppet Theatre in Seiwa, Tokyo's Spinning apartment, Sukiya –Yu condo, The Toyoson Stonemason museum and the existence Sciences Laboratory – Torikabuto in Japan.

The booklet is designed to notify and encourage architects and structural engineers alike, and brings to lifestyles a structural method whose ideas were used for millions of years.

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