Book description
Throughout history, nature has served as an inspiration for
architecture and designers have tried to incorporate the harmonies and
patterns of nature into architectural form. Alberti, Charles Renee
Macintosh, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Le Courbusier are just a few of the
well- known figures who have taken this approach and written on this
theme. With the development of fractal geometry--the study of
intricate and interesting self- similar mathematical patterns--in the
last part of the twentieth century, the quest to replicate nature's
creative code took a stunning new turn. Using computers, it is now
possible to model and create the organic, self-similar forms of nature
in a way never previously realized.
In Fractal Architecture, architect James Harris presents a
definitive, lavishly illustrated guide that explains both the “how”
and “why” of incorporating fractal geometry into architectural design.
James Harris, AIA, is an architect and currently senior vice
president at the Related Companies in New York City.
