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Origins of Form The Shape of Natural and Man-made Things'Why They Came to Be the Way They Are and How They Change

Origins of Form will make readers-especially those who design and build-aware of their physical environment. Williams' practical, no-nonsense approach and his exquisite drawings provide a clear understanding of what can and cannot be, how big or small and object should be, how its function will relate to its design, how its use will change it, and what laws will influence its development.

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  • "Origins of Form will make readers-especially those who design and build-aware of their physical environment. Williams' practical, no-nonsense approach and his exquisite drawings provide a clear understanding of what can and cannot be, how big or small and object should be, how its function will relate to its design, how its use will change it, and what laws will influence its development."@en
  • "This book is about the shape of things. What limits the height of a tree, why is a large ship or office building more efficient than a small one, what is the similarity between a human rib cage and an airplane, or a bison and a cantilevered bridge? How might we plan for things to improve as they are used instead of wearing out? The author has chosen eight criteria that constitute the major influences on three-dimensional form. These criteria comprise the eight chapters of the book; each looks at form from entirely different viewpoints. The products of both nature and man are examined and compared."@en
  • "Makes readers aware of their physical environment and how to break away from previously held assumptions and indifference about the ways forms in our human environment have evolved. It shows better ways to do things."@en
  • "Makes readers aware of their physical environment and how to break away from previously held assumptions and indifference about the ways forms in our human environment have evolved. It shows better ways to do things."

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  • "Origins of form : the shape of natural and man-made things"
  • "Origins of form : the shape of natural and man made things - why they came to be the way they are how they change"
  • "Origins of Form The Shape of Natural and Man-made Things'Why They Came to Be the Way They Are and How They Change"@en
  • "Origins of form : the shape of natural and man-made things ; [why they came to be the way they are and how they change]"
  • "Origins of form : the shape of natural and man-made things; [why they came to be the way they are and how they change]"
  • "Los origenes de la forma"@es
  • "Los Orígenes de la forma"
  • "Origins of form : shape of natural and man made things - why they came to be the way they are and how they change"
  • "Origins of form : the shape of natural and man made things- why they came to be the way they are and how they change"
  • "Origins of form the shape of natural and man-made things"@en
  • "Origins of form : (the shape of natural and man made things - why they came to be the way they are and how they change)"
  • "Origins of Form the Shape of Natural and Man-made Things-Why They Came to Be the Way They Are and How They Change"@en
  • "Origins of Form : The Shape of Natural and Man-Made Things"
  • "Los orígenes de la forma"@es
  • "Origins of form. The shape of natural and man-made things - why they came to be the way they are and how they change"@en
  • "Origins of form"@en
  • "Origins of form"
  • "Origins of form : the shape of natural and man made things - why they came to be the way they are how they change"@en
  • "Origins of form : the shape of natural and man-made things"@en

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