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Smart Materials and Technologies in Architecture
	Authors: Michelle Addington, Daniel L. Schodek Publisher: Architectural Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$76.95~~ Buy New: $62.22 You Save: $14.73 (19%) New (15) Used (2) from $62.22 Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 575376 Media: Paperback Pages: 256 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4 Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 0.6 ISBN: 0750662255 Dewey Decimal Number: 721 EAN: 9780750662253 ASIN: 0750662255 Publication Date: December 24, 2004 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: International shipping available Condition: Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.


Editorial Reviews: Product Description 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. * A unique text that outlines the topic of smart materials from a design perspective * Learn about the latest research and practice of using smart materials and gain a better understanding on how to utilize them in architectural design * Benefit from the knowledge and insight of this experienced and respected author team.