Immaterial/Ultramaterial Architecture, Design, and Materials

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-10-17
Publisher(s): George Braziller Inc.
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Summary

Immaterial/Ultramaterial, the second volume in the Millennium Matters series, investigates today's revolutionary new materials and methods of fabrication, and the profound impact they are having on the continuing evolution of architecture.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Jorge Silvetti
Acknowledgments ix
Toshiko Mori
Introduction xiii
Toshiko Mori
Edge
1(22)
Nader Tehrani
Kristen Giannattasio
Heather Walls
John May
Richard Lee
Discussion
9(14)
Mack Scogin
Merrill Elam
Sheila Kennedy
Laurie Hawkinson
Surface
23(18)
Marco Steinberg
Discussion
29(12)
Shigeru Ban
Substance
41(22)
Ron Witte
Discussion
49(14)
Michael Cima
James Carpenter
Dan Schodek
Ivan Amato
Phenomena
63(24)
Toshiko Mori
Architecture smells
65(6)
Mette Aamodt
Body, performance, boundary
71(3)
Tala Klinck
Boundary interference
74(1)
Ean White
Ephemeral light
75(4)
Shozo Toyohisa
Discussion
79(8)
Jacques Herzog
Selected Readings 87(4)
Contributors 91(3)
Illustration Credits 94(1)
Index 95

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