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The Architecture of Matter
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Pages: 422
Authors: Stephen Edelston Toulmin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982-05-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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"Warmly recommended. It is that rare achievement, a lively book which at the same time takes the fullest possible advantage of scholarly knowledge."—Charles C
The Architecture of Matter
Language: en
Pages: 416
Authors: Stephen Toulmin
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1962 - Publisher:

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“A coherent general account of the whole field we have called “matter-theory” (i.e. the physics, chemistry and physiology of material things, both inanima
The Material Imagination
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Dr Matthew Mindrup
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-30 - Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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In recent years architectural discourse has witnessed a renewed interest in materiality under the guise of such familiar tropes as 'material honesty,' 'form fin
Active Matter
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: Skylar Tibbits
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-29 - Publisher: MIT Press

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The first book on active matter, an emerging field focused on programming physical materials to assemble themselves, transform autonomously, and react to inform
Stories from Architecture
Language: en
Pages: 217
Authors: Philippa Lewis
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-19 - Publisher: MIT Press

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The imagined histories of twenty-five architectural drawings and models, told through reminiscences, stories, conversations, letters, and monologues. Even when