The Evolution of Designs: Biological Analogy in Architecture And The Applied Arts

The Evolution of Designs: Biological Analogy in Architecture And The Applied Arts

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-302

  Steadman, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911140513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203934272     Document Type: Book

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