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Bibliography/ Further Reading

Excellent Resources for Further Study and Inspiration

Tensegrities and Polyhedra:

Coxeter, H.S.M. & Longuet-Higgins, M.S., & Miller J.C.P. Uniform Polyhedra, May 1954

Critchlow, Keith. Order in Space, New York: Viking Press, 1965   ISBN 670-52830-7

Cromwell, Peter R. Polyhedra. UK Cambridge University Press, 1997   ISBN 9-521-55432-2

Holden, Alan. Shapes, Space and Symmetry, Columbia University Press, 1971   ISBN 0-486-26851-9

Pearce, Peter. Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design, The MIT Press, 1990   ISBN 0-262-16064-1

Pugh, Anthony. An Introduction to Tensegrity, University of California Press, 1976   ISBN 0-520-02996-8

Pugh, Anthony. Polyhedra: A Visual Approach, University of California Press, 1976   ISBN 0-520-02926-7

Snelson, Kenneth. Kenneth Snelson Sculpture, Marlboroughgallery.com, 2003

Design and Material Science:

Addington, Michelle, & Schodek, Daniel. Smart Materials and Technologies for the Architecture and Design Professions, Elsevier, 2005   ISBN 0-7506-6225-5

Ashby, Michael F. Materials Selection in Mechanical Design (3rd Ed.), Elsevier, 2005   ISBN 0-7506-6168-2

Ashby, Mike, & Johnson, Kara. Materials and Design, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002   ISBN 0-7506-5554-2

Brownell, Blaine, ed. Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment, Princeton Architectural Press, 2006   ISBN 1-56898-563-0

Brownell, Blaine, ed. Transmaterial 2: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment, Princeton Architectural Press, 2008 ISBN 978-1-56898-722-4

Fuller, R. Buckminster. Synergetics, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1975   ISBN 0-02-541870-X

Fuller, R. Buckminster. Synergetics 2, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1979   ISBN 0-02-541870-7

Gordon, J.E. The New Science of Strong Materials, Princeton University Press, 1968   ISBN 0-691-02380-8

Gordon, J.E. Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down (2nd Ed.), Da Capo Press, 2003   ISBN 0-306-81283-5

Kieran, Stephen & Timberlake, James. Refabricating Architecture: How Manufacturing Methodologies Are Poised to Transform Building Construction, McGraw-Hill, 2004   ISBN 0-07-143321-X

Schodek, Daniel L. Structures (5th Ed.), Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004   ISBN 0-13-048879-8

Zijlstra, Els / Materia. Future Materials for Architecture & Design, Materia, Rotterdam, 2002   ISBN 90-8077-711-0

Zijlstra, Els / Materia. Material Skills, Evolution of Materials, Materia, Rotterdam, 2005   ISBN 90-8077-712-9