Material revolution II
Subtitle: new sustainable and multi-purpose materials for design and architecture
By: Sascha Peters
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9783038214762
Subjects: Sustainable design; Sustainable architecture; Materials; Technological innovations
Work titles: Materialrevolution 2.
Description: The follow-up to Material Revolution, the second volume addresses the rapid development of material research and presents materials new to the market since 2010. The new volume contains a similar system of classification, but covers a completely different range of materials. There is a chapter dedicated solely to the criteria and factors of sustainable design, as well as to innovative projects by designers and architects that work with new materials and technologies.
Notes: Includes index.

Originally published in German (Basel : Birkhäuser, 2013) with title: Materialrevolution 2 : nachhaltige und multifunktionale Materialien für Design und Architektur.

"Appendix. Selected publications by the author"--pages 222-223.

Translated from the German.
Table of contents: title: Bioplastics and bio-based bonding agents; title: Natural materials and organic waste materials; title: Recycling materials; title: Lightweight construction materials; title: Multifunctional materials; title: Materials that influence and emit light; title: Energy-generating materials and innovative insulants; title: Innovative and sustainable production processes.