IL10 – Information of The Institute of Lightweight Structures, November 1974
Issue 10 of IL was dedicated to Grid Shells. The issue includes report on the Japanese-German research project STI carried out from May 1971 to May 1973 at the Institute for Lightweight Structures. With contributions by Frei Otto, Eda Schauer, Jürgen Hennicke, Takeshi Hasegawa. Texts in German, English, Japanese.
The legendary experimental architecture journal, IL, was published by the Institute for Lightweight Structures, Stuttgart University, directed by Frei Otto (1925-2015) from 1964 until 1991. The pages of IL present the institute's interest in going beyond the discipline of architecture and a fascination with experimentation which underpinned Frei Otto’s work. He spoke of the need to understand the "physical, biological and technical processes which give rise to objects", concerns evident in the images of and texts inspired by natural phenomena such as bird skulls, soap bubbles, and spiders' webs which are included in these scarce issues. With his interdisciplinary research and teaching in the field of wide-span surface structures and natural constructions, Otto developed the IL into a globally recognised centre of lightweight construction. He was awarded with the Pritzker Prize in 2015.
Title: IL10 – Information of The Institute of Lightweight Structures, November 1974
Authors: Jürgen Hennicke, Eda Schauer (editors of this issue)
Publisher: University Stuttgart
Publication date: November 1974
Format: Perfect-bound softcover
Pages: 346
Images: b/w throughout
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03504
Issue 10 of IL was dedicated to Grid Shells. The issue includes report on the Japanese-German research project STI carried out from May 1971 to May 1973 at the Institute for Lightweight Structures. With contributions by Frei Otto, Eda Schauer, Jürgen Hennicke, Takeshi Hasegawa. Texts in German, English, Japanese.
The legendary experimental architecture journal, IL, was published by the Institute for Lightweight Structures, Stuttgart University, directed by Frei Otto (1925-2015) from 1964 until 1991. The pages of IL present the institute's interest in going beyond the discipline of architecture and a fascination with experimentation which underpinned Frei Otto’s work. He spoke of the need to understand the "physical, biological and technical processes which give rise to objects", concerns evident in the images of and texts inspired by natural phenomena such as bird skulls, soap bubbles, and spiders' webs which are included in these scarce issues. With his interdisciplinary research and teaching in the field of wide-span surface structures and natural constructions, Otto developed the IL into a globally recognised centre of lightweight construction. He was awarded with the Pritzker Prize in 2015.
Title: IL10 – Information of The Institute of Lightweight Structures, November 1974
Authors: Jürgen Hennicke, Eda Schauer (editors of this issue)
Publisher: University Stuttgart
Publication date: November 1974
Format: Perfect-bound softcover
Pages: 346
Images: b/w throughout
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03504
Issue 10 of IL was dedicated to Grid Shells. The issue includes report on the Japanese-German research project STI carried out from May 1971 to May 1973 at the Institute for Lightweight Structures. With contributions by Frei Otto, Eda Schauer, Jürgen Hennicke, Takeshi Hasegawa. Texts in German, English, Japanese.
The legendary experimental architecture journal, IL, was published by the Institute for Lightweight Structures, Stuttgart University, directed by Frei Otto (1925-2015) from 1964 until 1991. The pages of IL present the institute's interest in going beyond the discipline of architecture and a fascination with experimentation which underpinned Frei Otto’s work. He spoke of the need to understand the "physical, biological and technical processes which give rise to objects", concerns evident in the images of and texts inspired by natural phenomena such as bird skulls, soap bubbles, and spiders' webs which are included in these scarce issues. With his interdisciplinary research and teaching in the field of wide-span surface structures and natural constructions, Otto developed the IL into a globally recognised centre of lightweight construction. He was awarded with the Pritzker Prize in 2015.
Title: IL10 – Information of The Institute of Lightweight Structures, November 1974
Authors: Jürgen Hennicke, Eda Schauer (editors of this issue)
Publisher: University Stuttgart
Publication date: November 1974
Format: Perfect-bound softcover
Pages: 346
Images: b/w throughout
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03504
