The New Mathematics of Architecture

Ranked #84 in 3D Printing

Ever since building began, architecture has relied on mathematics to achieve visual harmony, structural integrity, and logical construction. For most of the history of building, architects have applied the principles of Euclidean geometry, the description of points, lines, and volumes according to the three axes of space.


Recently, however, digital design tools and massive computer processing power, along with an increasing interest in physics and pure mathematics, have given architects the means to describe and build spatial constructs that would have been inconceivable even...
more

Similar Books

If you like The New Mathematics of Architecture, check out these similar top-rated books:


Learn: What makes Shortform summaries the best in the world?