Composed of a series of essays, this book deals with the broad issues affecting the nature of architectural materials and provides a focused review of the state

Following the overwhelming success of Material World, European material experts MatériO have compiled and described innovative materials for architecture and d

Bringing together texts and work by theorists and practitioners who are making material central to their work, this book reflects the diverse areas of inquiry w

Digital Fabrications, the second volume in our new Architecture Briefs series, celebrates the design ingenuity made possible by digital fabrication techniques.

"This book aims to counter the tendency to think materials as a 'technical' issue by addressing the subject historically and critically, linking cultural ideas