As works of art age, their component materials can change in ways that signal maturity, history, and authenticity, said Paul Whitmore, a research scientist at the Institute for the Preservation of ...

This interdisciplinary course explores basic aspects of "making"--processes, material, meaning and results-and how the results shaped the course of societies. We will focus on tangible things, while ...

Beyond ongoing debates surrounding prefabrication, reuse, and glocalization, material definition in architecture today, more than ever, seeks a balance between innovation, tradition, efficiency, and ...