Tensile Architecture

Philip DREW (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-30532-1 (ISBN)

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This book provides an historical perspective for modern tensile architecture in the 20th century. It explores the tents of nomad cultures, geographical distribution of tent types, the effect of the dromedary on the distribution of the black tent, and seasonal specialization of Eskimo dwellings.

Philip Drew

Preface -- Traditional Tensile Architecture: -- The Tents of Nomad Cultures -- Tents and Nomads -- Ice Age Tents -- Conical Tents of Northern Eurasia and Northern America -- Northern Eurasia -- North America -- The Kibitka of Central Asia -- The Black Tent of the Middle East -- The Black Tent -- North Africa -- Arabia -- Iran and Afghanistan -- Tibet -- The Ancient World -- The Middle Ages and Renaissance -- Suspension bridges -- Early Suspension Bridges -- Modern Suspension Bridges -- Modern tensile architecture -- Early Tension -- Linear Tension -- Surface Tension -- Revival of the Tent -- Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	13.06.2022
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	237 x 246 mm
Gewicht	503 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-367-30532-1 / 0367305321
ISBN-13	978-0-367-30532-1 / 9780367305321
Zustand	Neuware