Free Form Technology from Delft

• Main Author: B. van Gelder (auth)
• Other Authors: M. Eekhout (ed.) (auth), W. Lockefeer (auth), M. Veltkamp (auth), K. Vollers (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IOS Press 2016
• Series: Research in Architectural Engineering Series
• Subjects: Architecture; Floriade Pavilion; Guggenheim Museum; Tel Aviv; Galleria; Berlin; Free Form Design; Alphen aan den Rijn; non-orthogonal; DG Bank; Malmö; engineering; Free Form Technology; Bilbao; Rotterdam; Town Hall; high rises; Greenhouse; Hoofddorp; Rabin Centre; Frank O. Gehry
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The success of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, designed and engineered by Frank O. Gehry and inaugurated in 1997, opened the eyes of the world to the plastic possibilities of Free Form Design. That is, on the side of architects and their admiring clients. Some architects draw up complicated but sur...