Main entry:

McLean, William (William F.), author.

Title & Author:

Sustainable & regenerative materials for architecture : a source book / Will McLean & Pete Silver.

Publication:

London : Laurence King, an imprint of Quercus Editions Ltd, 2025.
©2025

Description:

208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Materials overview. A brief history of construction materials ; Technology transfer and learning from other industries ; Carbon (ac)counting ; A circular economy: reduce, reuse, recycle and repeat -- Extractive materials. Earth & clay ; Concrete ; Stone ; Metals ; Glass ; Sand -- Grown materials. Timber & cork ; Paper ; Hemp, bamboo, grasses & palm ; Seaweed ; Mycelium ; Algae ; Biopolymers & recycled polymers ; Wool ; Salt.

Summary:

There is a creative explosion of work taking place in architecture, both within the industry and in design schools, exploring materials such as mycelium, clay/earth, engineered timber, bio-based plastics and algae. This handbook of low- and no-carbon materials for architects and designers focuses on sustainable materials, their sourcing and the processes required for their use in architecture. With a better understanding of the social, environmental and economic sustainability of any given material, architects can lead the change in responsible and creative material use. Features new and rediscovered processes for material fabrication, responsible sourcing and creative material design. Examines material properties (structural, thermal, fire, health and life safety). Case studies from around the world illustrate the inventive ways in which these materials have been deployed in the built environment.

ISBN:

9781529433272 paperback
1529433274 paperback
ePub ebook
9781529433289

Subject:

Building materials Environmental aspects.
Sustainable architecture Materials.
Architecture durable Matériaux.

Added entries:

Silver, Pete (Architect), author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320889
Call No.: 320889
Copy: 1
Status: Available