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Blaine Brownell s best-selling Transmaterial series has introduced designers to hundreds of emergent materials that have the potential to transform our built environment. In our new Architecture Brief, Material Strategies, Brownell shows architects how creative applications of these materials achieve such transformations. Chapters based on fundamental material categories examine historical precedents, current opportunities, and future environmental challenges. Case studies featuring detailed illustrations showcase pioneering buildings from today s most forward-thinking architectural firms.
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Blaine Brownell—an architect, educator, researcher, and former Fulbright scholar to Japan—has authored eight books on advanced and sustainable materials for architecture and design. He has written the <i>Mind & Matter</i> column for <i>Architect </i>magazine since 2009, and his work has been published in more than 70 architecture, design, science, and news journals including the <i>New York Times,</i> the <i>London Times,</i> the <i>Wall Street Journal,</i> and <i>Nature.</i> He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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