This book reviews Dante Bini’s career, focussing on his form-resistant Binishell and other pneumatic construction systems. Dante Bini’s double profile of architect and builder underpins the narrative of the entire book. It is used to analyse the evolution of the early Binishell patent into a variety of automated construction systems based on the use of air. Dante Bini has always been quite proactive in promoting his work and disseminating the results of his experimentations and achievements via journal articles, conference presentations and public talks. In the early days of his career, promotional brochures in multiple languages were also prepared to export and license his patents in various countries, from the Americas to Australia. Despite this, a rigorous study of Dante Bini’s work is still unavailable, and the relevance of this figure to contemporary architecture has yet to be discussed comprehensively. This book fills in this gap and arrives at the right time: during the last two decades there has been an exponential interest in this field, most likely due to the development of NURBS-based 3D modelling and visual-programming software. This book will be of interest to academics in architectural design, theory and history, and practitioners and students interested in expanding their knowledge in the design and construction of shell and spatial structures. weiterlesen