Kim Williams (architect)

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Kim Williams is an American architect, an independent scholar on the connections between architecture and mathematics, and a book publisher. She is the founder of the Nexus: Architecture and Mathematics conference series, the founder and co-editor-in-chief of Nexus Network Journal, and the author of several books on mathematics and architecture. [1] [2]

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Williams has a degree in architectural studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a licensed architect in New York. [1]

Books

Williams is the author of:

She is an editor, translator, and commentator of older works on architecture and mathematics including:

She is also the editor or co-editor of several collections of papers on architecture and mathematics, including several volumes of the Nexus conference proceedings [2] and:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kim Williams", The Editorial Board 2020, Nexus Network Journal, retrieved 2020-05-19
  2. 1 2 Malkevitch, Joseph (1997), "Book Review: Nexus: Architecture and Mathematics, edited by Kim Williams", Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal, 1 (16): 52–53, doi: 10.5642/hmnj.199701.16.17 (review of the first Nexus conference proceedings)
  3. ↑ Reviews of The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti:
  4. ↑ Review of Daniele Barbaro's Vitruvius of 1567:
    • Fiocca, Alessandra, Mathematical Reviews, MR   3969948 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  5. ↑ Reviews of Two Cultures:
  6. ↑ Reviews of Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future:
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