Material Matters: Architecture and Material Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415363268 ISBN 13: 9780415363266

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Bringing together texts and work by theorists and practitioners who are making material central to their work, this book reflects the diverse areas of inquiry which are expanding current material discourse. Focusing on the cultural, political, economic, technological and intellectual forces which shape material practices in architecture, the contributors draw on disciplines ranging from philosophy, history and pedagogy to art practice and digital and low-tech fabrication.

By paying critical attention to material, a wide range of issues emerge which are otherwise excluded from architectural discourse, issues that shape and determine the buildings we make, the processes we use and the ways we understand them.

Beautifully illustrated and designed, this book is a unique collection which will be of great interest to architectural practitioners and theorists who want to consider the wider implications of material practice, and to students who are developing their own approach to making buildings.

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About the Author

Katie Lloyd Thomas

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415363268
• ISBN 13: 9780415363266
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Lloyd Thomas Katie