Structural Materials for Sustainable Architecture : Imagining Delight, Form and Performance (Paperback)

Part 1: The Nature of Design 1. Introduction 2. Resilience and Sustainability Part 2 3. Quantification of Scale 4. Choice of Structural Material Part 3: Materials and Form 5. The culture and craft of masonry construction 6. Modern vernacular of Natural Building Materials 7. The regrowth of timber engineering and architecture 8. The Versatility and Strength of Steel 9. Plasticity of Concrete: Structural Systems and Forms 10. The lightness of Aluminium 11. Lighter and longer: Fabrics, Foils, Membranes and Cables 12. The transparency of glass Part 4 13. Looking forward