Shigeru Ban(1st Edition) (ARCHITECTURE GENERALE) by Matilda Mcquaid, FreiOtto, Vv.Aa. Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Phaidon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-4629-3, ISBN: 0-7148-4629-5
"Shigeru Ban lives and works in Tokyo, where he teaches architecture at Keio University. The current scope of his practice - houses, museums, pavilions, and other public projects on several continents - belies a relatively quiet early career in Tokyo. Following studies at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC) and graduation from The Cooper Union in New York, he established his own firm in Toyko in 1985. During next ..."
"Shigeru Ban lives and works in Tokyo, where he teaches architecture at Keio University. The scope of his practice - he has houses, museums, pavilions, and other public projects in progress in France, London, Beijing, Portugal, Brussels, and the United States - belies a relatively quiet early career in Tokyo. Following studies at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC) and graduation from The Cooper Union in New York, ..."
Il 9(1st Edition) Pneus in Nature and Techniques (Mitteilungen des Instituts für Leichte Flächentragwerke) by FreiOtto, Klaus Bach, Eda Schaur, Berthold Burkhardt Paperback, 334 Pages, Published 1977 by Wittenborn Art Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8150-0663-3, ISBN: 0-8150-0663-2
"Klaus Bach, Eda Schaur. ENTSTEHUNG DER ARBEIT AM IL Man muß schon
fünf Jahre zurückblicken, um die einzelnen Schritte dieser Forschungsarbeit
aufzuzeigen. Das erste Kolloquium "Biologie und Bauen", veranstaltet vom IL mit
J. G. ..."
Tensile Structures(1st Edition) Design, Structure, and Calculation of Buildings of Cables, Nets, and Membranes by FreiOtto, Friedrich-Karl Schleyer, Rudolf Trostel Hardcover, 491 Pages, Published 1973 by The Mit Press Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-0-262-15013-2, ISBN: 0-262-15013-1
"For the first time in this edition, Frei Otto's two studies of nonrigid structures (Pneumatic Structures and Cables, Nets, and Membranes) are available in one volume. Pneumatic Structures deals for the most part with surfaces loaded by tractive forces. Special membranes, of high tensile strength, are made semi-rigid by means of differences of enclosed air or fluid pressure and can serve as roofings, halls, silos, dams, or for any other ..."
Tensile Structures Volume One(1st Edition) Pneumatic Structures (v. 1) by FreiOtto, Rudolf Trostel Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1967 by The Mit Press Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-262-15007-1, ISBN: 0-262-15007-7
"First American printing. 8 1/2" x 11" hardcover is in near fine condition in a very good condition dust jacket. Small bumps to the book's outer corners. The dust jacket has small rubs/chips at its outer corners. Rubs to its spine tips. Mild rubbing to the panels."
"A source book for American culture in the 1960s and 1970s: “suggested reading” from the Last Whole Earth Catalog, from Thoreau to James Baldwin.The Whole Earth Catalog was a cultural touchstone of the 1960s and 1970s. The iconic cover image of the Earth viewed from space made it one of the most recognizable books on bookstore shelves. Between 1968 and 1971, almost two million copies of its various editions were sold, and not just to com ..."
COMPLETE WORKS LIGHTWEIGHT CONSTRUCTION NATURAL DESIGN by FreiOtto Hardcover, Published 2005 by Schiffer Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7643-7231-5, ISBN: 0-7643-7231-9
"Report on the Japanese - German Research Project S.T.I. carried out between May, 1971 and May, 1973 at the Institute for Lightweight Structures (IL), University of Stuttgart, financed by the SEIBU Company, Tokyo. Continuation of the research works from June 1973 in the Sonderforschungsbereich 64 "Weitgespannte Flachentragwerke" of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. 8 1/4 x 11 inches, 346 pages, in black and white, duotone cover, text ..."