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008			120329s2007 xxu | 00| 0 eng d
020			_a0470029684 (paperback) _c$45.00
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082			_a729 ELE 2007
245	1	0	_aElegance / _cAli Rahim and Hina Jamelle.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aLondon : _bWiley ; _c2007.
300			_a128 p. : _c28 cm.
440			_aArchitectural design ; _nv. 77, no. 1 _9667
490	1		_aProfile ; _vno. 185
520			_aElegance represents an important watershed in architectural design. Since the onset of computer-driven technologies, innovative designers have, almost exclusively, been preoccupied with the pursuit of digital techniques. This issue of AD extrapolates current design tendencies and brings them together to present a new type of architecture, one that is seamlessly trying processes, space, structure and material together with beauty. ‘Elegance’ here is cast with a new contemporary meaning as it is applied to work that is effortlessly complex. It is analogous to an elegant algorithm that uses a small amount of initiative code to great effect. In a structure elegance may be expressed by a complex surface that retains its continuity and integrity even when punctured. In many ways, Elegance marks a coming of age for, ‘digital architecture’, as architects become more adept at producing complexity and integrating digital design technologies, production and assembly systems producing elegant solutions. It is the potent finesse that is often associated with the work of Zaha Hadid Architects and other featured architects, such as Mark Goulthorpe of Decoi and Hani Rashid of Asymptote.
650			_aArchitectural design _9668
650			_aArchitecture _yAesthetics _9669
700	1		_aRahim, Ali. _9670
700	1		_aJamelle, Hina. _9671
830		0	_aArchitectural design. _9672
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470029684/chopaconline-20
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