Steadman, Philip

The evolution of designs : biological analogy in architecture and the applied arts by Philip Steadman - Oxon: Routledge 2008 - xvii, 302p., notes, ind. 23 cm x 16 cm

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anatomical analogy
architectural design
architecture and biology
biotechnics
classificatory analogy
consequences of the biological fallacy
darwinian analogy
design as process of growth
evolution of decoration
hierarchical strcuture and the adaptive process
organic analogy
tools as organs or as extensions of the physical body

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