Fractal architecture could be good for you

Nexus Network Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-320

  Joye, Yannick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biophilia; Biophilic architecture; Environmental psychology; Fractal architecture; Fractal dimension; Frank Lloyd Wright; Gothic architecture; Le Corbusier

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848858595     PISSN: 15905896     EISSN: 15224600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00004-007-0045-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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