BFRL ICON Light Structures Structures of Light: The Art and Engineering of Tensile Architecture by Horst Berger. Book Review.

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Simiu, E.

Journal of Architectural Engineering, 54, March 1997.

Keywords:

building technology; architecture; post-modernism; structural engineering; tension structures; wind engineering

Abstract:

The paper is a review and critique of the book Light Structures Structures of Light by H. Berger.


Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899