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Sustainable and Regenerative Materials for Architecture

A Sourcebook

Author: Will McLean and Pete Silver  

Sustainable and Regenerative Materials for Architecture
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Architects! Lead the change in responsible and creative material use.

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Architects! Lead the change in responsible and creative material use.

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There is a creative explosion of work taking place in architecture and design schools exploring materials such as mycelium, clay/earth, engineered timber, bio-based plastics and algae. This handbook of low- and no-carbon materials for architects and designers focuses on sustainable materials, their sourcing, technical properties and the processes required for their use in architecture.

The book showcases new and rediscovered processes for material fabrication, responsible sourcing and creative material design. Material properties (structural, thermal, fire, health and life safety) are described and case studies from around the world illustrate the inventive ways in which these materials have been deployed in the built environment. The book is designed as an introduction to the exciting and rapidly changing world of construction materials.

With a better understanding of the social, environmental and economic sustainability of any given material - alongside its technical properties - students of architecture can lead the change in responsible and creative material use.

CONTENTS

1 Materials overview

2 Extractive materials:

earth and clay

concrete

stone

metals

glass

3 Grown materials:

timber and cork

paper

hemp

bamboo

seaweed

mycelium

algae

biopolymers

wool

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About the Author

Pete Silver and Will McLean teach at the School of Architecture and Cities at the University of Westminster, London. They are the co-authors of Structural Engineering for Architects (2014) and Introduction to Architectural Technology Third Edition (2021).

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Product Details

Publisher
Quercus Publishing | Laurence King Publishing
Published
30th January 2025
Pages
208
ISBN
9781529433272

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