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TensiNews 12Tensoestructuras: Tensile structures en/in UruguayArq. Roberto SantomauroSpanish / EnglishPages: 128Published: 2008The aim of the book is to give an up to date and generalpresentation on the subject for students, architects, engineers,designers and builders, so that they can get to know the possibilitiesof this constructive technology.It is neither a deep study nor a detailed one in each of the subjectstreated. It is not addressed to those people who have a vastexperience in the subject since it would lead to a more complex workand so it would lose the mentioned target and the global focusintended.The book is conceived to respond to a large number of questionsthat architecture students or colleagues have while designing tensilestructures.There are two parts: one which deals with general basic aspects,and the other which presents a brief description of different projects,in order to make them known and improve the understanding of thesubject.The book is designed in a way to be studied and understoodmethodologically but obviously the real process of designing andbuilding is more dynamic and interactive and requires a process ofsynthesis when making a decision.The book mainly concentrates on membranes applied to architectureas covering or enclosure. Tensile structures can be used for a widerange of architectural programs, with special characteristicsdepending on the system and the material used fulfilling the briefwith its own formal vocabulary.Book reviews from TensiNews11