Kim Williams (architect) facts for kids
Kim Williams is an American architect who studies the special links between architecture and mathematics. She also publishes books on these topics.
Kim Williams started the Nexus: Architecture and Mathematics conference series. She also founded and helps edit the Nexus Network Journal. She has written many books about how math and buildings are connected.
She studied architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. Kim Williams is a licensed architect in New York. This means she is officially allowed to design buildings there.
Books by Kim Williams
Kim Williams has written several interesting books. Here are some of them:
- Italian Pavements: Patterns in Space (published in 1997)
- The Villas of Palladio (published in 2003, with drawings by Giovanni Giaconi)
She has also helped to edit, translate, and explain older books about architecture and math. These include:
- The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti (published in 2010, with Lionel March and Stephen R. Wassell). Leon Battista Alberti was a famous Italian architect and writer.
- Daniele Barbaro's Vitruvius of 1567 (published in 2019). This book is about an important old text on architecture by Vitruvius.
Kim Williams has also edited or co-edited many collections of papers. These papers are about architecture and mathematics. Some of these are from the Nexus conference series. Other collections include:
- Two Cultures: Essays in Honour of David Speiser (published in 2006)
- Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art: Essays by David Speiser (published in 2011)
- Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s; Volume II: The 1500s to the future (published in 2015, with Michael J. Ostwald)
- Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture (published in 2015, with Danila Aita and Orietta Pedemonte)
See also
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