Brownell, Blaine Erickson, 1970- author.

Hypernatural : architecture's new relationship with nature / Blaine Brownell and Marc Swackhamer.

First edition.

New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2015]

175 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Architecture briefs

"Despite the ever-growing sophistication of synthetic and digital tools, it's the natural world that captures the imaginations of today's vanguard designers. By looking to nature as a teacher rather than simply as a source for raw materials, pioneers in the emerging biomimicry movement are developing design methods and materials to create intelligent buildings that emulate life itself. In Hypernatural, architecture and material experts Blaine Brownell and Marc Swackhamer present an international collection of forty-two case studies that illustrate astonishing new applications possible in this rapidly growing field, from Echoviren, a botanical pavilion that was designed to wilt into its surrounding redwood forest in Northern California, to the MIT Media Lab's Silk Pavilion, constructed by the threads of silkworms as they passed over scaffolding. Together, these projects show that by looking to nature, design can be a tool that makes our built environment more efficient, sustainable, and, most of all, livable."--Publisher's description.

9781616892722 (alk. paper)
1616892722 (alk. paper)

Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architecture and technology.
Nature (Aesthetics)
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture et technologie.
Nature (Esthétique)
Arkitektur miljöaspekter.
Naturen estetiska aspekter.

Swackhamer, Marc, 1970- author.
Architecture briefs.

Location: Library main 289848
Call No.: BIB 232519
Status: Available