Smart Materials and Technologies

For the Architecture and Design Professions

By: Daniel Schodek, D. Michelle Addington

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Today, architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in new
"smart" or "intelligent" materials and technologies for solutions to long-standing problems
in building design. However, these new materials have so far been applied in a diverse
but largely idiosyncratic nature, because relatively few architects have access to
information about the types or properties of these new materials or technologies.
Two of the leading experts in this field - Addington and Schodek - have solved this
problem by incorporating all the relevant information of all the latest technologies
available to architects and designers in this one volume. They present materials by
describing their fundamental characteristics, and go on to identify and suggest how
these same characteristics can be exploited by professionals to achieve their design
goals. Here, the wealth of technical understanding already available in the materials
science and engineering literature is at last made accessible to a design audience.

Industry Reviews

"...seeks to give architects and designers a better understanding of some of the breathtaking new technologies becoming available so that they can be applied to the best advantage." - Civil Engineering "...want to make sure that these technologies are designed into buildings in a thoughtful way." - Civil Engineering "The presentation is tailored to design professionals and includes equations and a fair amount of technical detail." - Civil Engineering "...fills a void in the literature..." - Civil Engineering "...may help a great many designers and architects develop buildings that are more useful..." - Civil Engineering "This book, while offering a primer for understanding of materials, focusing particularly on contemporary materials, also promotes a revision of our thinking as design professionals." - Journal of Architectural Education