Fiber-Reinforced Polymers in Freeform Structures: A Review Moskaleva, Anastasiia Safonov, Alexander Hernández Montes, Enrique Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites Freeform structures Bionic structures Biomimetics Architectural geometry Double-curved surfaces Form-finding Static equilibrium This article is a survey discussing the application of fiber-reinforced polymer composites in freeform structures and their impact on the design and shape generation process. The analysis of case studies showed that the use of FRP composites not only helps to overcome some challenges in the construction of objects with complex geometry, but also creates brand new types of structures and design approaches. On the other hand, there is a problem—although FRP materials are frequently used in construction, the shapes of structures and design methods are often traditional and are simply copied from materials such as wood, concrete, and steel. FRP composites have been applied in civil engineering for several decades, since the 1960s, as building envelopes, façade skins, load-bearing structures, and internal and external reinforcement. The article aims to analyze this accumulated experience and to explore the role of FRP materials in the design of buildings with free, complex, fluid, and organic shapes. A new classification of freeform composite structures is proposed. They are classified in this article according to the methodology applied at the conceptual design stage: structures created by using a geometric approach, a form-finding (equilibrium) approach, or a biomimetic approach. Each approach is described in its own separate section, with a thorough literature and state-of-the-art review. 2021-12-01T11:31:53Z 2021-12-01T11:31:53Z 2021-10-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Moskaleva, A.; Safonov, A.; Hernández-Montes, E. Fiber-Reinforced Polymers in Freeform Structures: A Review. Buildings 2021, 11, 481. [https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11100481] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/71842 10.3390/buildings11100481 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España MDPI