Every age and every culture has relied on the incorporation of mathematics in their works of
architecture to imbue the built environment with meaning and order. Mathematics is also central
to the production of architecture to its methods of measurement fabrication and analysis.
This two-volume edited collection presents a detailed portrait of the ways in which two
seemingly different disciplines are interconnected. Over almost 100 chapters it illustrates and
examines the relationship between architecture and mathematics. Contributors of these chapters
come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds: architects mathematicians historians
theoreticians scientists and educators. Through this work architecture may be seen and
understood in a new light by professionals as well as non-professionals.Volume I covers
architecture from antiquity through Egyptian Mayan Greek Roman Medieval Inkan Gothic and
early Renaissance eras and styles. The themes that are coveredrange from symbolism and
proportion to measurement and structural stability. From Europe to Africa Asia and South
America the chapters span different countries cultures and practices.
