Acknowledgements ............................................... ix
Introduction ................................................... xi
PART I. Constructional Thinking ................................. 1
Reflections 1: Construction .................................... 23
Astley Castle, UK (2013), Witherford Watson Mann ............... 25
Neues Museum, Berlin (2009), David Chipperfield and Julian
Harrap ......................................................... 32
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool (2014), Haworth Tompkins ........... 41
Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge (2012), Stanton Williams ....... 50
PART II. Material Dreams ....................................... 61
Reflections 2: Context ......................................... 86
Holburne Museum, Bath (2011), Eric Parry ....................... 88
Boa Nova Tea House (1963) and Swimming Pool (1966), Leça de
Palmeira, Alvaro Siza .......................................... 95
Nordic Pavilion (1962) and Hedmark Museum (1967-69), Hamar I
Sverre Fehn ................................................... 101
Thermal Baths, Vals (1996) and Bruder Klaus Chapel, Eifel
(2007), Peter Zumthor ......................................... 110
PART III. Crystal Utopias ..................................... 123
Reflections 3: Glass .......................................... 140
Shard, London (2012), Renzo Piano ............................. 142
China Central Television, Beijing (2012), ОМА ................. 149
lAC Headquarters, New York (2007), Frank Gehry ................ 156
Kursaal, San Sebastian (1999), Rafael Moneo ................... 164
PART IV. Making Surfaces ..................................... 173
Reflections 4: Skins .......................................... 186
Museum of Monteagudo, Monteagudo, Spain (2010), Amann
Cánovas Maruri ................................................ 188
La Defense Office Complex, Almere (2004), UN Studio ........... 195
MAXXI, Rome (2010), Zaha Hadid ................................ 203
Brandhorst Museum, Munich (2009), Sauerbruch Hutton ........... 210
PART V The Matter of Climate Change: Materials and Adaptive
Innovation .................................................... 219
Reflections 5: Adaptation ..................................... 234
Spanish Pavilion, Zaragoza Exposition (2008), Francisco
Mangado ....................................................... 236
Bosco Verticale, Milan (2014), Boeri Studio ................... 245
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's Design Hub,
Melbourne (2012), Sean Godsell ................................ 253
Kolumba Museum, Cologne (2007), Peter Zumthor ................. 263
Conclusion .................................................... 275
Bibliography .................................................. 281
Index ......................................................... 289
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