Reciprocal frame architecture
In structural terms reciprocal frame structures are 'three dimensional assemblies of mutually supporting beams'. But This book explores the principles of these apparently simple structures and demonstrates how they can be used in the context of a modern building
x, 196 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
9780750682633, 0750682639
166367539
Background
the reciprocal frame historically
Morphology
Geometry
Structural behaviour
Japan
a home of RF structures
The reciprocal frame architecture of Kazuhiro Ishii
Torikabuto
the Life Science Laboratory designed by Yoichi Kan
The Stonemason Museum by Yasufumi Kijima
The reciprocal frame as a spiritual structure
the work of Graham Brown
Built examples