Manufacturing Material Effects: rethinking design and making in architecture - Routledge 2008

Manufacturing Materials Effects features the design and research work by some of the leading designers, makers, and thinkers of the contemporary period. The book presents: Emerging collaborative design and production practices based on innovative and experimental processes of material exploration, new forms of architectural production, various computationally numerically controlled (CNC) processes of shaping and reshaping which enable designers to craft material effects, theoretical positions from all stages of the design and production process.
This highly illustrated volume brings together a wealth of information and numerous examples from contemporary practice. It forms a useful guide for both students and practitioners interested in the design, development, fabrication, and assembly of highly intricate projects that are grounded in innovative explorations of both 'old' and 'new' materials.

Routledge - 2008
316p - EN - 26.1x26.5cm - hardcover - good condition