Smart Materials and Technologies in Architecture: For the Architecture and Design Professions - Tapa blanda

TODAY, ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK TOWARD DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW<BR ID="CRLF""SMART" OR "INTELLIGENT" MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLUTIONS TO LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS<BR ID="CRLF"IN BUILDING DESIGN. HOWEVER, THESE NEW MATERIALS HAVE SO FAR BEEN APPLIED IN A DIVERSE<BR ID="CRLF"BUT LARGELY IDIOSYNCRATIC NATURE, BECAUSE RELATIVELY FEW ARCHITECTS HAVE ACCESS TO<BR ID="CRLF"INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPES OR PROPERTIES OF THESE NEW MATERIALS OR TECHNOLOGIES.<BR ID="CRLF"TWO OF THE LEADING EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD - ADDINGTON AND SCHODEK - HAVE SOLVED THIS<BR ID="CRLF"PROBLEM BY INCORPORATING ALL THE RELEVANT INFORMATION OF ALL THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES<BR ID="CRLF"AVAILABLE TO ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS IN THIS ONE VOLUME. THEY PRESENT MATERIALS BY<BR ID="CRLF"DESCRIBING THEIR FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND GO ON TO IDENTIFY AND SUGGEST HOW<BR ID="CRLF"THESE SAME CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE EXPLOITED BY PROFESSIONALS TO ACHIEVE THEIR DESIGN<BR ID="CRLF"GOALS. HERE, THE WEALTH OF TECHNICAL UNDERSTANDING ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE MATERIALS<BR ID="CRLF"SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LITERATURE IS AT LAST MADE ACCESSIBLE TO A DESIGN AUDIENCE.