This issue is dedicated to Mechanics in Architecture. It explores the latest findings in the science of structural mechanics, including the behavior of structures, internal forces, and deformation. It also explores the development of new...

This volulme features eight original papers dedicated to the theme "Persian Architecture and Mathematics," guest edited by Reza Sarhangi. All papers were approved through a rigorous process of blind peer review and edited by an...

The Spring 2011 (vol. 13 no. 1) issue of the Nexus Network Journal features eight papers that resulted from the 2010 Nexus conference section on Shape and Shape Grammars. Guest editor Lionel March provides an introduction for the entire...

The Autumn 2011 (vol. 13 no. 3) issue of the Nexus Network Journal features nine papers guest edited by José Calvo-Lopez dedicated to the theme "From Mediaeval Stonecutting to Projective Geometry ". This is an outgrowth of the session by...

The Summer 2011 (vol. 13 no. 2) issue of the Nexus Network Journal features eight papers that resulted from the eighth international, interdisciplinary conference entitled ¿Nexus 2010: Relationships between Architecture and Mathematics,...

Nexus Network Journal 14,1 von Williams, Kim

Nexus Network Journal 12,2 von Williams, Kim

A follow-up to the volume "Discovering the Principles of Mechanics 1600-1800. Essays by David Speiser" (Birkhäuser 2008), this volume contains the essays of David Speiser on relationships between science, history of science, history of...

Letter From The Editor.- Letter From The Editor.- Architecture, Mathematics and Perspective.- Giotto and Renaissance Perspective.- Perspective, a Visionary Process: The Main Generative Road for Crossing Dimensions.- Perspective in a...

Leonardo da Vinci was well aware of the fundamental importance of mathematics for architecture. This book examines Leonardo's knowledge of theoretical mathematics, explores how he used concepts of geometry in his designs for...

This book presents an exploration of the arch from the points of view of architecture, mathematics, engineering, construction history, and cultural symbolism. Leonardo da Vinci described the arch as "two weaknesses which, leaning on each...

Baroque architect and mathematician Guarino Guarini is the subject of this issue of the Nexus Network Journal. A group of international scholars were invited to contribute papers that shed light on the unanswered questions in several...