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• Title:Frei Otto : forschen, bauen, inspirieren = a life of research, construction and inspiration / Irene Meissner, Eberhard Möller.
  
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• Variant Title:Forschen, bauen, inspirieren
  Life of research, construction and inspiration
  
• Author/Creator:Meissner, Irene, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Otto, Frei, 1925-2015.
  Möller, Eberhard, 1970-
  
• Published/Created:München : Detail, Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH & Co. KG, [2015]
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NA1088.O78 M45 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Otto, Frei, 1925-2015.
  Lightweight construction.
  Architecture--Environmental aspects.
  Tensile architecture.
  Air-supported structures.
  Architects--Germany.
  
• Edition:Erste Auflage.
  
• Description:127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
  
• Series:Edition Detail.
  
• Summary:This introduces Frei Otto's most important achievements and gives insights into all the important aspects of his work, which focused on the development of lightweight and natural constructions as well as the study of form-finding and self-formation processes in order to create lightweight and adaptable architecture. Frei Otto's tents, cable nets, adaptable roofs, gridshells, branching structures and pneumatic constructions are presented to show how his ideas were picked up and continued all over the world.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 123).
  Text in English and German.
  
• ISBN:9783955532529 hardcover
  3955532526 hardcover
  
• Contents:Architecture nature / Frei Otto
  Frei Otto: lightweight, adaptable architecture / Irene Meissner
  Constructive inspiration: encounters with people and ideas / Eberhard Möller
  "More thought, research, development, innovation and boldness is required ..." / Georg Vrachliotis
  Suspended structures : Tents, membranes ; Cable nets ; Retractable roofs
  Standing structures : Gridshells ; Branching structures
  Floating structures : Pneus, hydros
  Ecology
  Catalog of works
  Biography.