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Cecil Balmond

Author of Informal

14 Works 353 Members 6 Reviews

Works by Cecil Balmond

Informal (2002) 131 copies, 2 reviews

Number 9: The Search for the Sigma Code (1998) 97 copies, 2 reviews

Element (2007) 28 copies

Petra Blaisse: Inside Outside Reveiling (2007) 22 copies

Crossover (2013) 22 copies, 1 review

SOM Journal: Recent Projects (2002) 20 copies

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2005: Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto De Moura (2005) 14 copies

Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond with Arup: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006 (2008) 6 copies

a+u Special Issue: Cecil Balmond (2006) 4 copies

Natur Und Abstraktion: Lehrstuhl Jose Luis Mateo (1995) 3 copies

Cecil Balmond: Frontiers of Architecture I (2008) 3 copies

Crossover (1631) 1 copy

Informal 1 copy, 1 review

O Número 9 Em Busca do Código Sigma 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1943
Gender: male
Education: Trinity College, Kandy
University of Colombo
University of Southampton
Imperial College London
Occupations: structural engineer
teacher
author
artist
designer
Awards and honors: Order of the British Empire (Officer, 2015)
Nationality: Sri Lanka (birth)
UK
Birthplace: Sri Lanka
Places of residence: Colombo, Sri Lanka
London, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): Sri Lanka

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Number 9 by Cecil Balmond

This was really fascinating even for those like me who are not complete ma thematic geniuses. It made me appreciate the number 9 a whole lot more

Dec 7, 20101 other review

mwbooks 2,262 reviews

Informal by Cecil Balmond

shelved at: 93 BAL : Architects - Cecil Balmond

Dec 1, 20251 other review

archidose 2,202 reviews

Crossover by Cecil Balmond

https://archidose.blogspot.com/2014/02/book-review-crossover-and-some-notes-on.h...

HB-Library-159 1,431 reviews

Informal by Cecil Balmond

Monograph Library - shelved at: B11:BALMOND

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Works: 14
Members: 353
Popularity: #67,813
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 6
ISBNs: 16
Languages: 1

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