Fine architectural spaces can be found inside polyhedra. Used in clusters, polyhedra could create a versatile form language for the design of practical and beautiful buildings. Our case study is a close-packing system of truncated octahedra, cuboctahedra, and truncated tetrahedra (TO, CO, and TT respectively). A 3-D computer model is used to examine the structural performance of a single TO under gravity load. The structural analysis focuses on the behavior of the TO'S outside surfaces. The analysis for the gravity load indicates that internal forces are rather evenly distributed, and that no single group of members is significantly more critical than the others.

"Geometrical figures are naturally more beautiful than any other irregular; in this all consent, us to a law of nuture". Sir Christopher Wren

"The waste of building space was inspired and magnificent". Molly Keane

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