Frei Otto – inspired inventor, researcher and designer (part 2

Past President of The Institution of Structural Engineers, Michael Dickson, concludes his review of the inspirational career of the German architect, Frei Otto. In this second part, Dickson discusses Otto’s later work – particularly projects in the Middle East and designs with low embodied carbon.

Design as Second Nature

frei otto: a life of research, construction and inspiration

Design as Second Nature

Frei Otto: Light Structures Inspired by Nature. Experiments with Physical Self-Forming Processes: Soap Solutions, Viscous Fluids, Branching Structures and Funicular Forms

Beyond Blue: The Non-Visual Effects of Light and Colour in Architecture

Inventing, experimenting, and collaborating: The Architectural Biography of Frei Otto

Frei Otto, Tag

AECCafe: Frei Otto Receives the 2015 Pritzker Architecture Prize

15 Landmark projects by Frei Otto - RTF

Frei Otto: Light Structures Inspired by Nature. Experiments with Physical Self-Forming Processes: Soap Solutions, Viscous Fluids, Branching Structures and Funicular Forms

A History of Parametric – Daniel Davis

Frei Otto Awarded the 2015 Pritzker Prize a Day After His Death - Curbed

Frei Otto: Light Structures Inspired by Nature. Experiments with Physical Self-Forming Processes: Soap Solutions, Viscous Fluids, Branching Structures and Funicular Forms

Frei Otto and the Importance of Experimentation in Architecture