Building Materials : (Record no. 15983)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02174cam a22001698i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781350176225 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781350277830 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 620.11 |
| Author Mark | LLO |
| Ledger number | Don by ENcS Branch. |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lloyd Thomas, Katie, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Building Materials : |
| Remainder of title | Material Theory and the Architectural Specification / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Katie Lloyd Thomas. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | volumes cm |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Specifying building materials -- Naming materials -- Process -- Performance -- Systems of material -- Going into the mould. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Building materials. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Architecture |
| General subdivision | Philosophy. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Koha item type |
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| NUST/MCE Iqbal Library | NUST/MCE Iqbal Library | 29/04/2024 | 620.11 LLO | 52866 | Books |