Smart Materials and Technologies by D Michelle Addington

Smart Materials and Technologies by D Michelle Addington

Today, architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in newsmart or intelligent materials and technologies for solutions to long-standing problemsin building design. However, these new materials have so far been applied in a diversebut largely idiosyncratic nature, because relatively few architects have access toinformation about the types or properties of these new materials or technologies.Two of the leading experts in this field - Addington and Schodek - have solved thisproblem by incorporating all the relevant information of all the latest technologiesavailable to architects and designers in this one volume. They present materials bydescribing their fundamental characteristics, and go on to identify and suggest howthese same characteristics can be exploited by professionals to achieve their designgoals. Here, the wealth of technical understanding already available in the materialsscience and engineering literature is at last made accessible to a design audience.

“…seeks to give architects and designers a better understanding of some of the breathtaking new technologies becoming available so that they can be applied to the best advantage” — Civil Engineering “…want to make sure that these technologies are designed into buildings in a thoughtful way.” — Civil Engineering “The presentation is tailored to design professionals and includes equations and a fair amount of technical detail.” — Civil Engineering “…fills a void in the literature…” — Civil Engineering “…may help a great many designers and architects develop buildings that are more useful…” — Civil Engineering “This book, while offering a primer for understanding of materials, focusing particularly on contemporary materials, also promotes a revision of our thinking as design professionals.” — Journal of Architectural Education

Michelle Addington is the Hines Professor of Sustainable Architectural Design at Yale University.

Daniel L. Schodek is the Kumagai Research Professor of Architectural Technology at the Harvard Design School, where he taught from 1969 until 2008.

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ISBN 13	9780750662253
ISBN 10	0750662255
Title	Smart Materials and Technologies
Author	Michelle Addington
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2004-10-16
Number of pages	254
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