The Spring 2011 (vol. 13 no. 1) issue of the Nexus Network Journal features eight papers that resulted from the 2010 Nexus conference section on Shape and Shape Grammars. Guest editor Lionel March provides an introduction for the entire group.

A collection of 8 invited papers presented at the conference Nexus 2010: Relationships in Architecture and Mathematics examine Shape and Shape Grammar Guest editor Lionel March introduces each paper, gives a short history of 40 years of shape grammar and provides a discussion of the topic as a whole Includes 4 other full-length research papers, one conference report, and one book review Each research paper includes a bibliography for further reading The NNJ is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal for interdisciplinary studies between the architecture and mathematics, published since 1999 Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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KIM WILLIAMS, JOÃO NUNO TAVARES and JOÃO PEDRO XAVIER. Nexus 2010: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics.- Letter from the Guest Editor.- LIONEL MARCH. Forty Years of Shape and Shape Grammars, 19712011 Shape and Shape Grammars.- GEORGE STINY. What Rule(s) Should I Use?.- SARA ELOY and JOSÉ PINTO DUARTE. A Transformation Grammar for Housing Rehabilitation.- JOSÉ NUNO BEIRÃO, JOSÉ PINTO DUARTE and RUDI STOUFFS. Creating Specific Grammars with Generic Grammars: Towards Flexible Urban Design.- MINE ÖZKAR. Visual Schemas: Pragmatics of Design Learning in Foundations Studios.- M. PIEDADE FERREIRA, DUARTE CABRAL DE MELLO and JOSÉ PINTO DUARTE. The Grammar of Movement: A Step Towards a Corporeal Architecture.- ALEXANDRA PAIO and BENAMY TURKIENICZ. An Urban Grammar Study: A Geometric Method for Generating Planimetric Proportional and Symmetrical Systems.- MÁRIO KRÜGER, JOSÉ PINTO DUARTE and FILIPE COUTINHO. Decoding De re aedificatoria: Using Grammars to Trace Alberti's Influence on Portuguese Classical Architecture.- ANDREW I-KANG LI. Computing Style.- DIRK HUYLEBROUCK, ANTONIA REDONDO BUITRAGO and ENCARNACIÓN REYES IGLESIAS. Octagonal Geometry of the Cimborio in Burgos Cathedral.- MARGARIDA TAVARES DA CONCEIÇÃO. Translating Vitruvius and Measuring the Sky: On Pedro Nunes and Architecture.- ARTURO LYON and RODRIGO GARCIA. Interlocking, Ribbing and Folding: Explorations in Parametric Constructions.- MUSTAPHA BEN-HAMOUCHE. Fractal Geometry in Muslim Cities: How Succession Law Shaped Morphology.- SYLVIE DUVERNOY. Review of La prospettiva a 180° e oltre. Il punto di vista di Emilio Frisia by Liliana Curcio and Roberto Di Martino.