Project: The Bertram and Judith Kohl Building @ Oberlin, OH US Architect: Weslake Reed Leskosky Architects Sources: http://www.oberlin.edu/kohl/ & http://www.alcoa.com Featured building envelope: Reynobond® with EcoClean™ the panel works to […]
Aluminum Foil. In a game of word association, what do those two words bring to mind? Grilling, Chipotle Burrito, leftovers…Ok, maybe I’m just hungry right now, but in that game […]
Throughout the majority of human history, stone, wood, and earth have found their place as the main structural building blocks to our built environment. The common use of steel, and […]
With the provocation, “is brick an obsolete material?” a further matter arises. It begs the question, what makes a material obsolete? Generally, a material can only be considered obsolete when […]
Traditional building materials are generally harvested or mined from the earth, using massive amounts of energy in acquisition, transport, and assembly. The materials that encompass the structure of a building, […]
One of the discussion topics in Material Strategies this week was the Ningbo Historical Museum designed by Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio, pictured above. I described it, on first […]
Is brick obsolete? Indeed, traditional brick masonry is in its twilight years. If we are to consider facade materials only on a practical level, there is little economic or performative […]
When perusing the internet this innovative use of wood caught my eye. This is the work of Elisa Strozyk, a Textile and Surface Designer from Berlin. She has effectively questioned […]
The question was asked: Is brick construction obsolete? There are so many masonry buildings in the fabric of our cities that I have trouble accepting that brick is obsolete. Within […]
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