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Overview
The innovative structural designs of Cecil Balmond underpin architectural forms and give them their own integrity. Balmond's collaborative work with architects such as Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas and James Stirling demonstrates the process of fusion between architecture and his engineering. His structural thinking differs from that of other engineers in his field in its completely new conception of the engineer's contribution to architecture. The plasticity of architectural plans is enhanced through a decisive development of its structural design. The border line between structure and architecture thus becomes increasingly blurred. In this book, the process is explained by reference to eight projects through which the author makes the theoretical basis of his engineering solutions understandable for the reader.Editorials
Deyan Sudjic
Informal has a typographic elegance that makes it look like no previous engineering book... it could be the next Brief History of Time - but with pictures.— The Observer
Jennifer Kabat
Cecil Balmond has a simple plan to reinvent architecture: Break down the cage that separates structural engineering from design.— Wired
RIBA INDEX
Informal is a vivid and intriguing new book.Time Out London
A beautifully constructed book. You'll never think of buildings in the same way again.Book Details
Published
October 24, 2002
Publisher
Munich ; Prestel, c2002.
Pages
400
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9783791324005