This book explores basic building materials can be used in exciting and creating ways. This richly illustrated volume provides architects and designer with a superb source of inspiration and ideas. Exploring a wide variety of projects from around the world - from the Isle of Skye to Tokyo, it showcases how the five basic building materials - wood, stone, concrete, metal, glass - can be used in novel and exciting ways to create buildings that are not only stylish, but practical, and environmentally friendly.
