Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
"The breadth of projects is amazing, and the clarity with which they are presented is perfect. What I like most is the conviction with which the design quality has been maintained with an equal nod to the technical aspects that bring great design to fruition. It is rare that I am so taken by a publication that I jump from my chair!" --Dan Rockhill, Rockhill+Associates
Synopsis
As architecture programs throughout the country 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.
Materials for Design is that book.
Students must be taught how a choice of material affects the form and look of a structure; they must also learn how inspired design can inject any material with true personality and zeal. Broken into five sectionsglass, wood, metals, plastics, and concreteMaterials for Design makes a thorough study of each material's properties, followed by a series of 1012 case studies of that material put to imaginative use by today's brightest architects from around the world.
There is no other textbook on the market that tackles material details so thoroughly while presenting lush, inspired color photographs, plan drawings, and detailed architectural diagrams.
Synopsis
As architecture programs throughout the country 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.
About the Author
Victoria Ballard Bell is a licensed architect with master's degrees in urban planning and architecture from the University of Virginia. She is a Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellow and lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband and daughter.
Patrick Rand is a distinguished professor in the School of Architecture at North Carolina State Univeristy's College of Design.