Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry

Anne Griswold Tyng, [Alicia Imperiale, and Ingrid Schaffner]
Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, 2011
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/694828599

Anne Tyng explores the potentials of geometry through her architectural and teaching practices. Since the 1950s, when she worked closely with Louis Kahn and independently pioneered space-frame construction, Tyng has applied natural and numeric systems to built forms on all scales, from urban plans to domestic spaces. This volume documents a new project by the visionary architect and theorist. Commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Tyng has created an installation-scale model that realizes the ambition of all of her work: to inhabit geometry. Exploring her life-long fascination with the Platonic solids, the book also features related models and documentation of past projects, including Tyng and Kahn's never-built design for City Tower in Philadelphia (1952-1956).

PhD Dissertation title: Simultaneous Randomness and Order: The Fibonacci-Divine Proportion As a Universal Forming Principle
Supervisor: Peter McCleary
Completed: 1975