Materials for design / Victoria Ballard Bell and Patrick Rand.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Metals : Tram Stations, Hanover, Germany / Despang Architekten ; Future Shack / Sean Godsell ; Christ Pavilion, Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany / Von Gerkan, Merg and Partners ; Kew House, Kew Melbourne, Australia / Sean Godsell ; Springtecture H, Hyogo, Japan / Shuhei Endo ; Modular VII Chiller Plant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA / Leers Weinzapfel Associates ; Sudwestmetall Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany / Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten ; Liner Museum, Appenzell, Switzerland / Gignon/Guyer Architekten ; Power Station North, Salzburg, Austria / Bétrix and Consolascio Architekten ; Kavel 37, Borneo, Amsterdam / Heren 5 Architecten ; Schemata XI, Lawrence, KS / Studio 804, University of Kansas ; The Aluminum Forest, Houten, the Netherlands / Architectenbureau Micha de Haas ; Raum Zita Kern, Raasdorf, Austria / ARTEC ; Max Planck Institute, Dresden, Germany / Heikkinen-Komonen Architects ; The Embassies of the Nordic Countries in Berlin-Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany / Bergen & Parkkinen ; Sauna Pavilion, Berkshire Mountains, Massachusetts / Artifact Design & Construction ; Mining Archives, Germany / Von Gerkan, Marg and Partners ; Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Australia / Denton Corker Marshall -- Plastics : Shiloh Bus Shelter, Asheville, North Carolina / Design Corps Summer Design/Build Studio ; Church in Urubo, Urubo, Bolivia / Jae Cha/Light ; Colmenarejo Municipal Hall and Main Square, Madrid, Spain / Abalos + Herreros ; Ma Atelier and Gallery, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan /Hiroyuki Arima ; 50 Argo Street, South Yarra, Australia / O'Conner & Houle Architecture ; House in Imazato, Imazato, Takamatsu Kagawa, Japan / Katsuyasu Kishigami ; Arauco Express, Santiago, Chile / Felipe Assadi ; EKO Park Expo Pavilion, Warsaw, Poland / APA Kurylowicz & Associates ; Polymer Engineering Centre, Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia / Cox Sanderson Ness ; Montreux Parking Garage, Montreux, Switzerland / Luscher Architects ; The Olympic Amenities Building, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia / Durbach Block Architects

Materials for Design provides the foundation for a strong design sensibility intertwined with material knowledge. Divided into five sections - glass, concrete, wood, metal, and plastic - Materials for Design makes a thorough study of each material's properties, history, permutations, and production techniques. Sixty case studies by today's most inventive architects from around the world - including Baumschlager + Eberle, Sean Godsell, Werner Sobek, and ARO - show these materials put to imaginative use, illustrating how their application informed each building's ultimate form and structure.