Architecture / by Andrew H. Dent, Leslie Sherr.

Preface / George M. Beylerian -- Visual narrative : Hariri Pontarini Architects -- Introduction / Gail Peter Borden -- Visual narrative : Steven Holl Architects -- 1. Glass & ceramics : Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion, Toledo, Ohio / Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa, SANAA -- Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany / David Chipperfield Architects -- Vakko Fashion & Power Media Center, Istanbul, Turkey / REX -- Turner Contemporary Gallery, Margate, Kent, UK / David Chipperfield Architects -- Alterswohnen Domat/Ems, Switzerland / Dietrich Schwarz Architekten AG -- Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision, Hilversum, The Netherlands / Neutelings Riedijk Architects -- Yale University Sculpture Building & Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut / KieranTimberlake -- Bahá'i Temple of South America, Santiago, Chile / Hariri Pontarini Architects -- Visual narrative : Kengo Kuma & Associates -- 2. Altered naturals : Kilden Performing Arts Centre, Kristiansand, Norway / ALA Architects --

Villa Welpeloo, Enschede, The Netherlands / Superuse Studios -- Cork House, Esposende, Portugal / Arquitectos Anómimos -- Mental Health Institute GGZ-Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands / BogermanDill with SBH Architecten + Adviseurs -- Earth Bricks, Chiba, Japan / Atelier Tekuto -- Onda Restaurant, Oslo, Norway / Alliance Arkitekter and MAPT -- Stadthaus, Murray Grove, London, UK / Waugh Thistleton Architects -- Pavilion Hermès for Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy / Shigeru Ban Architects, Jean de Gastines Architectes -- Visual narrative : Zaha Hadid Architects -- 3. High-performance composites : Cocoon_FS Pavilion, Jena, Germany / Pohl Architekten -- "Modular Fabrication" stand, London, UK / UNStudio -- Erick van Egeraat Office Tower, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Erick van Egeraat -- Halley VI Research Station, Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica / Hugh Broughton Architects -- [C]Space Pavilion, London, UK / Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang --

Lille Métropole Museum of Modern Art, Vileneuve d'Ascq, France / Manuelle Gautrand Architecture -- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Benthem Crouwel Architects -- Visual narrative : Morphosis Architects -- 4. Digitally fabricated metals -- Orange cube, Lyon, France / Jakob + Macfarlane Architects -- 41 Cooper Square, New York / Morphosis Architects -- Ordos Art & City Museum, Inner Mongolia, China / MAD Architects -- Bloom, Los Angeles, CA / Doris Sung with DOSU Studio Architecture -- Soumaya Museum, Mexico City, Mexico / FR-EE Fernando Romero Enterprise -- "Labrys Frisae", Miami, Florida / Marc Fornes, THEVERYMANY -- FIDU Technology, Zurich, Switzerland / Zieta Prozessdesign -- East Beach Café, Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK / Heatherwick Studio -- Visual narrative : LAVA -- 5. Polymer films : Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany / Herzog & de Meuron -- Olympic Shooting Venue, Woolwich, London, UK / Magma Architecture -- Media-ICT, Barcelona, Spain / Cloud 9 --

Coca-Cola Beatbox Pavilion, London, UK / Pernilla & Asif -- Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan / Foster + Partners -- AIA Pavilion, New Orleans, Louisiana / Gernot Riether -- Visual narrative : UNStudio.

Materials technology is the single most important agent of change in our entire designed landscape, from the buildings in which we live and work to the clothes we wear. This volume on architecture features carefully selected buildings that showcase the innovative use of a particular material. The book focuses on specific categories of materials and features an extensive range of projects, from the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision to the Ordos Art and City Museum in Mongolia. The materials employed in each project are cross referenced to an extensive illustrated directory featured in the book, and the texts are authoritative yet accessible. Clearly structured and illustrated with carefully selected images throughout, this book will connect material to reader and will inspire both students and professionals to pursue the optimal material for each specific application.