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Schröpfer, Thomas.

Material design informing architecture by materiality Thomas Schropfer ; with a foreword by Erwin Viray ; and contributions by James Carpenter ... [et al.]. - Basel Birkhäuser c2011. - 192 p. ill. (some col.), plans (some col.) 31 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Why material design? -- The alternative approach: observation, speculation, experimentation -- Difficult synthesis -- Aggregation -- Joints and unctions -- Weaving: the tectonics of textiles -- Modulation: transformation by shaping and texturing -- Capturing the ephemeral -- Responsive materials -- Materializations of nanotechnology in architecture -- Encoding: digital & analogue taxonavigation -- The future of material design.

ISBN: 9783034600354 (hbk.) 3034600356 (hbk.)

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB031613 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015495271 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Building materials.
Architecture, Modern--21st century
Architecture, Modern--20th century.
Architecture--Designs and plans.

LC Class. No.: TA403.6 / .S37 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 720.28