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Ideas similar to Leonardo’s for lattice structures can found many later practical applications (Buckminster Fuller’s domes, the Zome geometry of Steve Baer from the Whole Earth days, the Tensegrity structures based on the sculpture of Kenneth Snelson, as well as the Catalan vaulting traditions of Gaudi and the Guastavinos.
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Glass, C. (2008). Leonardo’s Successors. In: Duvernoy, S. (eds) Nexus Network Journal. Nexus Network Journal, vol 10,1. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8728-0_9
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