03286nam a22003137a 4500 pucpr 20251027111649.0 251027b2025 |||a|||| b||| 001 0 eng d 9781529433272 1529433274 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET TA403.6 M35 2025 McLean, Will. 252204 Sustainable and regenerative materials for architecture : a sourcebook. / txt Sustainable & regenerative materials for architecture : a source book. / txt London : Laurence King, an imprint of Quercus Editions Ltd, 2025. 192 pages : ill. ; col. ; 23 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword 7 -- Introduction 8 -- CHAPTER ONE -- Material Overview 13 -- A brief history of construction materials 14 -- Technology transfer and learning from other industries 18 -- Carbon (ac)counting 21 -- A circular economy : reduce , reuse , recycle and repeat 24 -- CHAPTER TWO -- Extractive Materials 27 -- 2.1 Earth and Clay 30 -- 2.2 Concrete 50 -- 2.3 Stone 82 -- 2.4 Metals 86 -- 2.5 Glass 98 -- 2.6 Sand 110 -- CHAPTER THREE -- Grown Materials 115 -- 3.1 Timber and Cork 118 -- 3.2 Paper 138 -- 3.3 Hemp , Bamboo , Grasses and Palm 150 -- 3.4 Seaweed 168 -- 3.5 Mycelium 172 -- 3.6 Algae 180 -- 3.7 Biopolymers and Recycled Polymers 186 -- 3.8 Wool 194 -- 3.9 Salt 198 -- Endnotes 202 -- Bibliography 202 -- Glossary 203 -- Index 205 -- Credits and Acknowledgements 208 -- Architects! Lead the change in responsible and creative material use. There is a creative explosion of work taking place in architecture and design schools exploring materials such as mycelium, clay/earth, engineered timber, bio-based plastics and algae. This handbook of low- and no-carbon materials for architects and designers focuses on sustainable materials, their sourcing, technical properties and the processes required for their use in architecture. The book showcases new and rediscovered processes for material fabrication, responsible sourcing and creative material design. Material properties (structural, thermal, fire, health and life safety) are described and case studies from around the world illustrate the inventive ways in which these materials have been deployed in the built environment. The book is designed as an introduction to the exciting and rapidly changing world of construction materials.With a better understanding of the social, environmental and economic sustainability of any given material - alongside its technical properties - students of architecture can lead the change in responsible and creative material use. CONTENTS 1 Materials overview 2 Extractive materials: earth and clay concrete stone metals glass 3 Grown materials: timber and cork paper hemp bamboo seaweed mycelium algae biopolymers wool Sustainable architecture 176114 Materials Building materials. 66565 Environmental aspects Silver, Pete 277246 lcc 27 TA403.6 General M35 2025 305125 305125 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2025-10-27 Amazon 40.49 0 General TA403.6 M35 2025 91000000751610 2025-10-27 11:17:42 1 50.49 0000-00-00 27