Materials for Design 2 - Couverture souple

Bell, Victoria Ballard; Rand, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1616891904 ISBN 13 : 9781616891909

Editeur : Princeton Architectural Press, 2014

Synopsis

As architecture and design programs throughout the world 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. In Materials for Design 2, authors Victoria Ballard Bell and Patrick Rand revisit the format of their award-winning first volume and present sixty new case studies of materials put to imaginative use by today's brightest architects. Bell and Rand introduce each material type—glass, concrete, wood, metal, plastic, and stone—with new text describing its history and significance. Accessible case studies highlight recent advances in design and construction around the world—from a wooden church in Finland and huts in Thailand to a bank encased in a glass cube in Denmark. In a materials landscape that constantly changes to meet the demands of contemporary designers, Materials for Design 2 is an up-to-date guide to the best and most exciting materials at their disposal.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Victoria Ballard Bell is an architect who lives and works in Raleigh, NC.

Patrick Rand is a professor in the School of Architecture at North Carolina State University College of Design.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Materials for Design (2006) established that while material selection is one of the most significant decisions an architect must make, it is often not addressed at the early stages of the design process. Likewise, students are typically taught about material and design as if they were unrelated. With the advent of integrated design/build programs, however, the relationship between a project's aesthetics and its materiality has never been more important. Seven years will have passed since the first book and Materials for Design: Volume 2 will revisit the format of the original to provide a more current foundation for a strong design sensibility intertwined with material knowledge. The book is divided into six sections: glass, concrete, wood, metal, plastic and--new in Volume 2--masonry. Sixty brand new case studies by inventive architects from around the world, including Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), LOT-EK, Studio Gang and Weiss/Manfredi, show these materials put to imaginative use, illustrating how their application informed each building's ultimate form and structure.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton Architectural Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1616891904
• ISBN 13: 9781616891909
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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