TY - BOOK ID - 622458 TI - Skins for buildings : the architect's materials sample book AU - ter Borch, Ine AU - Keuning, David AU - Kruit, Caroline AU - Melet, Ed. PY - 2004 SN - 9063690428 9789063690427 PB - Amsterdam : BIS Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Building materials. Building technology KW - façades KW - materials [matter] KW - Architecture KW - Structural parts and elements of building KW - building materials KW - bouwmaterialen KW - Architecture. KW - Building materials. KW - Surfaces (Technology) KW - Exterior walls. KW - Construction KW - Surfaces (Technologie) KW - Murs extérieurs KW - Matériaux KW - Exterior walls KW - Surfaces (technologie) KW - Technologie KW - Design and construction. KW - 691 KW - 692.23 KW - 72.036 KW - 692.2 KW - 692 KW - Building materials. Building components KW - Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades KW - Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw KW - Wanden KW - Gevels KW - Muren KW - Buitenmuren KW - Constructiedelen KW - Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) KW - 72.036 Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw KW - 692.23 Exterior, external walls. Enclosing walls above ground generally. Walls in elevation. Façades KW - 691 Building materials. Building components KW - Murs extérieurs KW - Matériaux KW - Murs extérieurs. KW - Technologie. KW - Matériaux. KW - Murs extérieurs. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:622458 AB - Space and form have dominated architecture for a long time. Nowadays, materiality has great currency in contemporary architecture and in architectural education. The choice of architectural materials has never been greater and architects use materials in innovative ways as never before. [This book] catalogues 200 different surface materials in eight families: wood, natural stone, fired man-made stone, unfired man-made stone, glass, metal, plastics and future materials. Each individual sample material is shown on the right-hand pages via a very detailed, full-page and full-colour picture, which gives the reader the impression that he is standing right in front of the actual material. On each opposite page the book shows examples of striking usage by architects and a description of the specific physical and sensory characteristics of the material. Each material family is introduced by an illustrated essay highlighting the general characteristics and history of the material as it is used in architecture. [This book] is in extent, visual quality and practical information an unsurpassed source of information on architectural surfaces for professionals. ER -