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Tensoestructuras/Tensile structures, desde/from: UruguayArq. Roberto SantomauroArq. Eduardo Folle ChavannesSpanish/EnglishGrafic design and Digital imaging: Rodolfo Fuentes BaezPrefaces: Nicholas Goldsmith, FAIA, New York, USA; Juan Monjo Carrió, Madrid, SPAIN and BruceWright, USA.Pages: 128, full colourPublished: 2008The aim of the book is to give an up to date and general presentationon the subject for students, architects, engineers, designers andbuilders, so that they can get to know the possibilities of thisconstructive technology. It is neither a deep study nor a detailed onein each of the subjects treated. It is not addressed to those peoplewho have a vast experience in the subject since it would lead to amore complex work and so it would lose the mentioned target andthe global focus intended. The book is conceived to respond to alarge number of questions that architecture students or colleagueshave while designing tensile structures. There are two parts: onewhich deals with general basic aspects, and the other which presentsa brief description of different projects, in order to make them knownand improve the understanding of the subject. The book is designedin a way to be studied and understood methodologically butobviously the real process of designing and building is more dynamicand interactive and requires a process of synthesis when making adecision. The book mainly concentrates on membranes applied toarchitecture as covering or enclosure. Tensile structures can be usedfor a wide range of architectural programs, with specialcharacteristics depending on the system and the material usedfulfilling the brief with its own formal vocabulary.Internet sale www.sobresaliente.comBook reviews from TensiNews 15