Material matters : architecture and material practice

Summary

Titles

• Full Title: Material matters : architecture and material practice/ edited by Katie Lloyd Thomas.

Notes

• Includes index.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Ch. 1. Introduction : architecture and material practice / Kalie Lloyd Thomas -- Ch. 2. Plans to matter : towards a history of material possibility / Andrew Benjamin -- Ch. 3. A royal gittern at the British museum / Niall McLaughlin -- Ch. 4. Gordon Matta-Clark : matter, materiality, entropy, alchemy / Stephen Walker -- Ch. 5. Plenums : re-thinking matter, geometry and subjectivity / Peg Rawes -- Ch. 6. Marx matters, or : aesthetics, technology, and the spirit of matter / Jon Goodbun -- Ch. 7. The thinking hand / Raoul Bunschoten -- Ch. 8. Material imprecision / Elizabeth Shotton -- Ch. 9. Pumping up : digital steroids and the design studio / Scott Poole -- Ch. 10. A philosophy of engagement : developing a strategic ability through direct engagement with material, process and collective action / Alan Chandler -- Ch. 11. Workshops -- Ch. 12. Surface structures in the digital age : studies in ferrocement / Martin Bechthold -- Ch. 13. Out of control : the media of architecture, cybernetics and design / Pablo Miranda Carranza -- Ch. 14. The methodology of construction : the gentleman's tailor and the home sewer / Rachel Cruise -- Ch. 15. Re-fabrications / Richard Wilson -- Ch. 16. Between birds' nests and manor houses : Edwardian Cape Town and the political nature of building materials / Nicholas Coetzer -- Ch. 17. Concrete as the conduit of experience at the Brunswick, London / Clare Melhuish -- Ch. 18. Unpleasant matters / Helen Stratford -- Ch. 19. Life matters making place / Doina Petrescu -- Ch. 20. Material responsibility and the work of rural studio / Andrew Freear -- Ch. 21. The new and the renewed / Susannah Hagan.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 041536325X; 0415363268; 020301362X; 9780415363259; 9780415363266; 9780203013625
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)224792972

Publication Statement

• Place: New York, NY
• Publisher: Routledge
• Date: 2007

Physical Description

• Extent: 262 pages :
• Dimensions: 21 cm
• Illustrations: illustrations, map ;

Table Of Contents

• Introduction : architecture and material practice /
• Kalie Lloyd Thomas --
• Plans to matter : towards a history of material possibility /
• Andrew Benjamin --
• A royal gittern at the British museum /
• Niall McLaughlin --
• Gordon Matta-Clark : matter, materiality, entropy, alchemy /
• Stephen Walker --
• Plenums : re-thinking matter, geometry and subjectivity /
• Peg Rawes --
• Marx matters, or : aesthetics, technology, and the spirit of matter /
• Jon Goodbun --
• The thinking hand /
• Raoul Bunschoten --
• Material imprecision /
• Elizabeth Shotton --
• Pumping up : digital steroids and the design studio /
• Scott Poole --
• A philosophy of engagement : developing a strategic ability through direct engagement with material, process and collective action /
• Alan Chandler --
• Workshops --
• Surface structures in the digital age : studies in ferrocement /
• Martin Bechthold --
• Out of control : the media of architecture, cybernetics and design /
• Pablo Miranda Carranza --
• The methodology of construction : the gentleman's tailor and the home sewer /
• Rachel Cruise --
• Re-fabrications /
• Richard Wilson --
• Between birds' nests and manor houses : Edwardian Cape Town and the political nature of building materials /
• Nicholas Coetzer --
• Concrete as the conduit of experience at the Brunswick, London /
• Clare Melhuish --
• Unpleasant matters /
• Helen Stratford --
• Life matters making place /
• Doina Petrescu --
• Material responsibility and the work of rural studio /
• Andrew Freear --
• The new and the renewed /
• Susannah Hagan.

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