"Warmly recommended. It is that rare achievement, a lively book which at the same time takes the fullest possible advantage of scholarly knowledge."—Charles C

“A coherent general account of the whole field we have called “matter-theory” (i.e. the physics, chemistry and physiology of material things, both inanima

In recent years architectural discourse has witnessed a renewed interest in materiality under the guise of such familiar tropes as 'material honesty,' 'form fin

The first book on active matter, an emerging field focused on programming physical materials to assemble themselves, transform autonomously, and react to inform

The imagined histories of twenty-five architectural drawings and models, told through reminiscences, stories, conversations, letters, and monologues. Even when