BLOCK Research Group

Publications

2014

Bhooshan S., Veenendaal D. and Block P.[2014]Particle-spring Systems - Design of a concrete cantilevering canopy, Shells for Architecture: Form finding and structural optimization, S. Adriaenssens, P. Block, D. Veenendaal and C.J.K. Williams (eds.), Routledge, London, to be published.

Block P., Lachauer L. and Rippmann M.[2014]Thrust Network Analysis - Design of a stone-cut masonry vault, Shells for Architecture: Form finding and structural optimization, S. Adriaenssens, P. Block, D. Veenendaal and C.J.K. Williams (eds.), Routledge, London, to be published.

Linkwitz K. and Veenendaal D.[2014]Non-linear force density method, Shells for Architecture: Form finding and structural optimization, S. Adriaenssens, P. Block, D. Veenendaal and C.J.K. Williams (eds.), Routledge, London.

Ochsendorf J. and Block P.[2014]Exploiting Structural Indeterminacy, Shells for Architecture: Form finding and structural optimization, S. Adriaenssens, P. Block, D. Veenendaal and C.J.K. Williams (eds.), Routledge, London, to be published.

Van Mele T., Panozzo D., Sorkine-Hornung O. and Block P.[2014]Best-fit Thrust Network Analysis, Shells for Architecture: Form finding and structural optimization, S. Adriaenssens, P. Block, D. Veenendaal and C.J.K. Williams (eds.), Routledge, London, to be published.

Veenendaal D. and Block P.[2014]Comparison of Form Finding Methods, Shells for Architecture: Form finding and structural optimization, S. Adriaenssens, P. Block, D. Veenendaal and C.J.K. Williams (eds.), Routledge, London, to be published.

2013

Davis L. and Block P.[2013]Earthen Masonry Vaulting: Technologies and Transfer, Building SUDU: How to construct a sustainable urban dwelling unit, D. Hebel and M. Moges (eds.), Ruby Press, Berlin, to be published.

2012

Block P.[2012]Retrofitting and Redacting Masonry Engineering, Building Systems: Technology, Design & Society, K. Moe and R. Smith (eds.), Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London.

Davis L. and Block P.[2012]Earthen Masonry Vaulting: Technologies and Transfer, Building Ethiopia: Sustainability and Innovation in Architecture and Design, Cherenet, Z. and Sewnet, H. (eds.), Shama Books, Addis Ababa.

2009

Ochsendorf J. and Block P.[2009]Designing unreinforced masonry, Form and Forces: Designing Efficient, Expressive Structures, pp. 215-245, E. Allen and W. Zalewski (eds.), John Wiley & Sons, New York.