Features more than 200 inflatable designs, organized in curated pairs and accompanied by insightful descriptive text Architects featured include OMA (Rem Koolhaas), BIG (Bjarke ...
Organic photovoltaics (OPV) are a new generation of solar cells with the potential to offer very short energy pay back times, mechanical flexibility and ...
Bridging the gap between basic science and technological applications, this is the first book devoted to polymers for solar thermal applications. Clearly divided into ...
This book describes advances in synthesis, processing, and technology of environmentally friendly polymers generated from renewable resources. With contents based on a wide range ...
Plastics are high-performance materials of wide use in the built environment. Their versatile technical properties are particularly fascinating. A broad range of form-giving and ...
The plastic analysis method has been used extensively by engineers for designing steel structures. Simpler structures can be analyzed using the basic virtual work ...
Deflateables concentrates on the very limited knowledge of vacuum constructions and develops a range of aesthetic, technical and functional design possibilities. Until today, there ...
IFaçades comprises various topics of strategic, material and technological developments. Aspects such as function integration, networking of elements, new structures and materials and lastly ...
Plastic has moved from a supporting role to being a new star among construction materials. It is versatile, light-weight, flexible and moisture resistant. Plastics ...
Recent years have seen the construction of buildings made of plastic, structures that are as attractive as they are unusual. After initial experiments in ...
Nueva generación de materiales en los que paneles sinteticos, metales perforados y materiales translucidos, brindan a los arquitectos enormes posibilidades para explorar el sensual ...
Meikle, professor of American studies and art history at the University of Texas, presents a splendid history of plastic. The book is authoritative, thorough, ...
