Engineering a New Architecture Author:Tony Robbin We are entering a period, says Tony Robbin, when engineering is the unrecognized avant-garde in architectural design, a period in which new materials and structural systems create new aesthetic principles. In this important and generously illustrated book, he shows us why this is so, pointing out the beauty and utility of structures made of fabr... more »ic, films, and "smart materials," buildings that can be disassembled or redeployed for other uses.« less