The Material Imagination

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The Material Imagination is written by Dr Matthew Mindrup and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1472424603 (ISBN 10) and 9781472424600 (ISBN 13).

In recent years architectural discourse has witnessed a renewed interest in materiality under the guise of such familiar tropes as 'material honesty,' 'form finding,' or 'digital materiality.' As an alternative to a formal approach in architectural design, this book challenges readers to rethink the reverie of materials in architecture through an examination of historical precedent, architectural practice, literary sources, philosophical analyses and everyday experience. Focusing on matter as the premise of an architect’s imagination, each chapter identifies and graphically illustrates how material imagination defines the conceptual premises for making architecture.