Form follows nature : a history of nature as model for design in engineering, architecture and art. Tr. English-German by Jeremy Gains, Rudolf Finsterwalder & Johnathan Buckley

Content Wilfried Wang Vorwort 8-12 Preface Rudolf Finsterwal (Introduction) Form Follows Nature 13-32 Rudolf Finsterwalder 1 Chiesa in Olevano Romano33-42 Dieter Doiezei 2 Matters of form. Music, nature and memory 43-78 Rudolf Finsterwaider 3 The inverse route. Interview with Frei Otto, March 28 and October 28, 2008 79-112 werner Nachtigall 4 Nature - a test lab. Developing and constructing according to biological archetypes 113-130 Rudolf Finsterwalder 5 Form Follows Nature? 131-150 Rudolf Finsterwalder 6 Organic Architecture 5 Projects by Finsterwalder Architekten 151-166 Carsten Nicolai 7 Funken 1-12 167-186 lan stewart 8 Nature's Patterns 187-216 9 Crustaceans and Sea Urchins 217-236 Frei otto 10 Forming Bubbles 237 - 272 Manfred Speidei 11The Japanese dwelling and die nature273-288 Cunther Hartmann 12 Domestic architecture of the primitive people289 - 302 Eda Schaur 13 Building methods of living Nature 303-314 Cornelius Thywissen 14 Animal structures.Between specialisation and adaption 315-324 CorneliusThywissen Constructions of non-living nature 325-332 Freiotto 16 Growing and dividing Pneus333-348 Paul Buhier 17 Sandwich structures in the skull capsules of various birds. The principle of lightweight structures in organisms 349-362 Oskar prochnow 18 Formative art of nature 363-380 Rudolf Finsterwalder 19 Frank Lloyd Wright and his organische Architecture 381-394 Joachim Krausse 20 Star Show and Gridshell Construction. The Zeiss Planetarium Jena 395-414 Rudolf Finsterwalder 21 Hermann Finsterlin. A fantastic architect 415-422 D'Arcy w. Thompson 22 On spicules and spicular skeletons 423-436 Emst Haeckel 23 Art forms from nature437-464 Johannes Kepler 24 Strena. About the hexagonal snow465-480 WenzelJarnntaer 25 Perspectiva COIporum regularium 481 - 494 Anhang495-512