Allometry and built form: Revisiting Ranko Bon's work with the Harvard Philomorphs

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 755-765

  Steadman, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Archetypal building; Built form; Circulation length; Floor area; Surface area; Volume

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOORS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ALLOMETRY; ARCHETYPAL BUILDING; BUILT FORM; CIRCULATION LENGTH; FLOOR AREA; SURFACE AREA;

BUILDINGS;

ALLOMETRY; BUILDING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746841038     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190600601966     Document Type: Article

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