Basics Interior Architecture 05: Texture + Materials: Texture + Materials (E) - Softcover

Russell Gagg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2940411530 ISBN 13: 9782940411535

Publisher: AVA Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Basics Interior Architecture 05: Texture + Materials forms an inspiring introduction to many of the materials currently used in the design of interior spaces.

The book explores the choice and use of materials and evaluates the effects of these choices on a space, discussing topics such as light, termperature, acoustics and general atmosphere.

Each chapter assesses a single material, with its inherent flaws and individual qualities, and places it in its historical, geographical and cultural context. Readers are encouraged to consider the sustainability of each material and its future use, and text is accompanied by both historical and contemporary case studies.

About this title

About the Author

Russell Gagg has practised as an architect in some of the most high profile architecture firms across South Asia, Australasia and the UK, working on a wide range of architectural, landscape and interior desig projects. He now leads the Interior Architecture and Design program at the Arts University College Bournemouth, UK.

From the Back Cover

The choice and use of materials in interior architecture and interior design is endless but the appropriate choice and correct use by the designer can have the most dramatic or the most subtle of effects. The imaginative and creative use of materials will not only satisfy the functional requirements of the space that we are designing but will also illicit the more abstract, sensual qualities of place that we are hoping to achieve: the atmosphere. The fifth book in AVA Academia's Basics Interior Architecture series, Texture + Materials will provide the interior architecture and interior design student with a focussed, readable and informative introduction to many of the materials currently being used in the design of contemporary interior spaces. Each chapter will identify a type of material; outline its appropriate historical context and its cultural and geographical use as well as its inherent qualities and limitations. Historic and contemporary case studies will be presented in order to demonstrate where the material has been used to best effect and each chapter will finish by raising questions regarding the sustainability of the material and its future use.

Edition details

• Publisher: AVA Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2940411530
• ISBN 13: 9782940411535
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184