Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015 Volume II: The 1500s to the Future

Every age and every culture has relied on the incorporation of mathematics in their works of architecture to imbue the built environment with meaning and order. Mathematics is also central to the production of architecture, to its methods of measurement, fabrication and analysis. This two-volume edited collection presents a detailed portrait of the ways in which two seemingly different disciplines are interconnected. Over almost 100 chapters it illustrates and examines the relationship between architecture and mathematics. Contributors of these chapters come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds: architects, mathematicians, historians, theoreticians, scientists and educators. Through this work, architecture may be seen and understood in a new light, by professionals as well as non-professionals.

Volume II covers architecture from the Late Renaissance era, through Baroque, Ottoman, Enlightenment, Modern and contemporary styles and approaches. Key figures covered in this volume include Palladio, Michelangelo, Borromini, Sinan, Wren, Wright, Le Corbusier, Breuer, Niemeyer and Kahn. Mathematical themes which are considered include linear algebra, tiling and fractals and the geographic span of the volume?s content includes works in the United States of America and Australia, in addition to those in Europe and Asia.

The most complete anthology addressing a broad panorama of topics regarding relationships between architecture and mathematics Represents the state of the art of multidisciplinary scholarship in architecture and mathematics Sections dealing with specific historical periods are interspersed with sections regarding theory pertinent to those periods Hard-to-find essays collected in a single work Comprehensive introductory essays to both volumes by the editors provide a guide to the discipline

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras