03160cam a22004218i 4500 22064656 OSt 20260304114228.0 210603s2022 enk b 001 0 eng 2021023328 9781350176225 (hardback) 9781350277830 (paperback) 9781350176232 (pdf) 9781350176256 9781350176249 (epub) 22064656 DLC eng rda DLC pcc TA403.6 .L59 2022 620.11 L59 2022 23 Lloyd Thomas, Katie, author. Building materials : material theory and the architectural specification / Katie Lloyd Thomas. 2112 London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022. 257 pages, 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Specifying building materials -- Naming materials -- Process -- Performance -- Systems of material -- Going into the mould. "At a time of unprecedented levels of change in the production of building materials and their deployment in construction, better theoretical and historical tools are needed to understand these new developments and how they are altering the practices and concepts of architecture. Building Materials offers a radical rethink of how materials, as they are constituted in architectural practice, are themselves constructed and, in turn, uncovers a vast and neglected resource of architectural writing about materials as they are mobilized in architecture. The book is unique in conceiving architectural specification as a starting point for architectural theory, arguing that how materials are prescribed - through a range of practices from the literal processes of procurement and manufacture to epistemological, contractual, social and economic frameworks - radically alters their potential in architecture. Drawing on the work of French philosopher Gilbert Simondon, as well as rare archival materials of specifications, the book reveals why materials do not pre-exist their shaping or use in the world, but come into being through the processes that constitute them. The book addresses three distinct methods of specification each through the lens of a different material - 'naming' through timber, 'process-based' through concrete, and 'performance specification through' glass - in turn revealing how the process of architectural specification (or 'Preliminary Operations' as Simondon puts it) allows for development of specific relationships between material and function"-- Provided by publisher. Building materials. Architecture Philosophy. Online version: Lloyd Thomas, Katie. Building materials London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022 9781350176232 (DLC) 2021023329 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK-EN 0 8563 8563 0 0 ddc 0 0 CENTRAL TUWAIQ 2026-03-04 0 620.11 L59 2022 1000000025790 2026-03-04 11:43:30 2026-03-04 BK-EN