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Contributions to Books:

D. Kuhlmann:
"Old and New Organicism in Architecture: The Metamorphoses of an Aesthetic Idea";
in: "On Growth and Form - Organic Architecture and Beyond", issued by: Philip Beesley, Sarah Bonnemaison; Tuns Press, Canada, 2008, ISBN: 9780929112541, 30 - 43.



English abstract:
This collection of essays by architects and artists revisits D'Arcy Thopmson's influential book "On Growth and Form" (1917) to explore the link between morphology and form-making in historical and contemporary design. This book sheds new light on arhitects' ongoing fascination with organicism and the relation between nature and artifice that makes our world.

Keywords:
Naturdesign, Design, Form, Architektur, Natur

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