1st Edition

Aluminium A Studio Design Guide

By Michael Stacey Copyright 2023
240 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

240 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

Are you making the most of aluminium? Aluminium is one of the most flexible and durable materials to design with. With exceptional strength, durability and affordability, it provides us with more than simply the ability to select products. When understood properly, aluminium becomes something to design with. In a world where over half humankind now lives in cities there is a need to design zero... Read more

About the Author

Dedication

Introduction

1. Light metal

2. Aluminium pioneers

3. Flexible: Fabrication processes

4. Durability and finishes

5. Light and strong

6. Performative façades

7. Economical, powerful and sympathetic

8. Sustainability Index Image credits

Biography

Professor Michael Stacey is an award-winning architect, who combines practice, teaching, research and writing, based in London at the Bartlett and Michael Stacey Architects. He is the author of a wide range of publications and books, including Component Design, 2001, Digital Fabrication, 2004, Concrete: a studio design guide, 2011, Prototyping Architecture, 2013, Aluminium and Durability, 2014, second edition 2015, Aluminium Recyclability and Recycling, 2015, Aluminium: Flexible and Light, 2016, and Aluminium: Sympathetic and Powerful, 2020.