Schröpfer, Thomas. <br/><br/>
Material design :  informing architecture by materiality / 
Thomas Schropfer ; with a foreword by Erwin Viray ; and contributions by James Carpenter [and others]. 
 - 192 pages :  illustrations (some colour), plans (some colour) ;  31 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Why material design? -- The alternative approach: observation, speculation, experimentation -- Difficult synthesis -- Aggregation -- Joints and unctions -- Weaving: the tectonics of textiles -- Modulation: transformation by shaping and texturing -- Capturing the ephemeral -- Responsive materials -- Materializations of nanotechnology in architecture -- Encoding: digital & analogue taxonavigation -- The future of material design. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>3034600356 9783034600354 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Building materials.<br/>Architecture--Designs and plans<br/>Architecture, Modern--20th century.<br/>Architecture, Modern--21st century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA403.6  / .S37 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>721.04