Material Architecture.

Material Architecture.

Composed of a series of essays, this book deals with the broad issues affecting the nature of architectural materials and provides a focused review of the state of the art materials. It also provides designers with the tools they need to evaluate and select from the thousands of different materials...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fernandez, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Subjects:
Building materials > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable buildings > Design and construction.
Building materials > Environmental aspects
Sustainable buildings > Design and construction
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Table of Contents:
  • Material Architecture: Emergent Materials for Innovative Buildings and Ecological Construction; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue
  • Building Design; I Time; Chapter 1: Matters of Research; Chapter 2: Time and Materials; II Material; Chapter 3: Material Families and Properties; 3.1 Metals; 3.2 Polymers; 3.3 Ceramics; 3.4 Composites; 3.5 Biomaterials and Loam; III Design; Chapter 4: Material Selection; Chapter 5: Material Assemblies; Epilogue
  • Building Ecologies; Bibliography; Index.

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