Materials for Design by Victoria Ballard Bell
As architecture programs throughout the country break out of the classroom and adopt the holistic methods of design/build programs, the need for a textbook that bridges the gap between construction materials and design sensibility is sorely needed. "Materials of Design" is that book. Students must be taught how a choice of material affects the form and look of a structure; they must also learn how inspired design can inject any material with true personality and zeal. Broken into four sections - glass, metals, plastics, and concrete - "Materials for Design" makes a thorough study of each materials history, quality, and variation, followed by a series of 10-12 case studies of that material put to imaginative use by today's brightest architects from around the world. Color photographs, plan drawings, and detailed architectural diagrams illustrate how material choices impacted the works of Steven Holl, Shigeru Ban, Dominique Perrault, Rural Studio, ARO, Sejima & Nishizawa and many more.
EDWARD ALLEN, FAIA, has been a faculty member at Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has frequently lectured and taught at other institutions across the United States over the past thirty years. He is the bestselling author of The Architect's Studio Companion, Shaping Structures: Statics, Fundamentals of Residential Construction, and Fundamentals of Building Construction, all published by Wiley.
PATRICK RAND, AIA, is Distinguished Professor of Architecture at North Carolina State University. He maintains an active practice and conducts research regarding construction materials.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781568985589 |
| ISBN 10 | 1568985584 |
| Title | Materials for Design |
| Author | Victoria Ballard Bell |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton Architectural Press |
| Year published | 2006-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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