Edited by Blaine Brownell, Transmaterial is a compilation of nearly 200 of the most innovative recent products and materials for design and construction, organized according to major industry trends.

In architectural education the study of materials and the study of design are often treated as separate areas of discourse, when in reality the two are utterly intertwined. The choice of construction materials affects the look...

The history of man is recorded, recovered and remembered through the designs he created and the materials he used. Materials are the stuff of design, and today is not the age of just one material, but of an immense range.

This publication focuses on detail in architectural design. Architects look for exciting ways of rendering the details of architectural concepts.

This book includes all of the designs presented by the Catedra Ceramica (the ceramics department of the international university of Catalonia or UIC) and, in addition, an interesting technical vision of ceramics in search of new...