Materials for design 2

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 this text, the authors 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, this is an up-to-date guide to the best and most exciting materials at their disposal.

Glass : Basque Health Department Headquarters, Bilbao, Spain / Coll-Barreu Arquitectos -- Glass townhouses, Venice, California / Sander Architects -- Factory extension, Murcia, Spain / Clavel Arquitectos -- Diana Center at Barnard College, New York / Weiss, Manfredi Architecture, Landscape, Urbanism -- Spiral Gallery, Shanghai, China / Atelier Deshaus -- The Crystal (Nykredit Bank), Copenhagen, Denmark / Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects -- Cité du Design, Saint-Étienne, France / LIN Architects -- Ernst Koller Pavilion, Basel, Switzerland / Berrel Berrel Kräutler Architekten -- Apple flagship store, Shanghai, China / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson -- Concrete : Hämeenlinna Provincial Archive / Hämeenlinna, Finland / Heikkinen-Komonen Architects -- Casa Pentimento, Quito, Ecuador / Jose Maria Sáez + David Barragán -- Design Indaba 10x10 housing project, Cape Town, South Africa / Design Space Africa Architects (formerly MMA Architects) -- Hanil Visitors Center and Guesthouse, Chungbuk, Korea / BCHO Architects with CAST (Center for Architectural Structures and Technology) -- Harmonia 57, São Paulo, Brazil / Triptyque -- Hiroshi Senju Museum, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan / Ryue Nishizawa -- Itali…