Nature in Design by Alan Powers, Conran Octopus, £30, ISBN
1840910461
Evolutionary Architecture: Nature as a Basis for Design by Eugene Tsui, John
Wiley, £35.50, ISBN 0471117269
Sci-Fi Architecture edited by Maggie Toy, Architectural Design Profile No.
138, Academy Editions, £22.25, ISBN 0471987123
EVER wondered why our buildings are mostly composed of straight lines, plane
surfaces, parallels and perpendiculars while organic forms are curved? Why is it
that architects don’t imitate nature more closely?
How they once wielded a pen and pencil is one reason: buildings need to be
drawn before they are constructed, and traditional drafting technique depends on…
