这本专集集中了塞西尔·巴尔蒙德的作品和思想。塞西尔·巴尔蒙德，一位世界声誉卓著的设计师、结构工程师、作家，同时身兼奥雅那工程顾问有限公司的副总裁。他用数字、音乐、数学作为重要线索重新定义了形式的源起。迄今为止，他与世界最为著名的建筑师们成功创作了许多标志性建筑及设计。最近的项目包括有，与瑞姆·库哈斯合作设计的位于北京的CCTV新楼及位于葡萄牙的波尔图音乐厅以，与丹尼尔·李伯斯金合作的世界贸易中心等。他还曾经在美国哈佛大学建筑研究生院、耶鲁大学建筑学院、宾西法尼亚大学等众多的大学建筑学院中任教或进行讲演，发展了形式生成的基本教义。书中大量的专门论述集中展示了塞西尔·巴尔蒙德和奥雅那高级几何部门创作的业已建成的或正在进行中的作品以及迷人的创作过程。

Cecil Balmond is an internationally renowned structural engineer with multiple identities, like author, professor and Deputy Chairman of Arup. His interest lies in the genesis of form using numbers, music and mathematics as vital sources. And his commitment to architecture and design has led to successful collaborations with major international architects, currently working with Koolhaas on the Concert Hall project in Porto and on the CCTV Headquarters building in Beijing and with Daniel Libeskind on the World Trade Centre. This book shows the intriguing creative process of his works and on going projects, as well as his thinking and ideas on structure and designing.