The organic approach to architecture
By: [edited by] Deborah Gans and Zehra Kuz.
Contributors: Gans, Deborah, 1955-; Kuz, Zehra.
Publisher: Wiley-Academy; John Wiley and Sons
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chichester [England]; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Organic architecture -- Congresses.; Architecture -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.; Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"This book began as a symposium, funded by Pratt Institute School of Architecture ..." --T.p. verso.
Table of contents: value: Introduction to the book:; value: Goethe's fish -- Deborah Gans -- Introduction to the symposium:; value: Provocation -- Zehra Kuz; value: Evolution and lines of descent.; value: Work -- Günter Behnisch; value: Physiognomy of the new architecture -- Zehra Kuz; value: Transitions: Alvar Aalto's approach to organicism -- Eeva Pelkonen; value: What is an organism? -- Ahmet Omurtag -- Panel discussion; value: Transformations.; value: Work -- Volker Giencke; value: Organicism -- William Katavolos; value: Organic process -- John Johansen; value: Morphing Darwin -- Tom Brigham; value: Genomic architecture -- Haresh Lalvani; value: Lightness and movement -- Todd Dalland; value: Environmental flow -- Mahadev Raman -- Panel discussion; value: Organ-i-city.; value: Organic contexts -- John Johansen; value: Organic organ-i-city -- Kenneth Frampton -- Panel discussion -- Biographies of the participants.