Permanent Change: Plastics In Architecture And Engineering Editor The Book Company from grandmothers to schoolchildren

from grandmothers to schoolchildren

In a series of succinct essays accompanying the images

with extensive imagery together with clear line drawings

As a record of a pivotal era in comics history

Permanent Change: Plastics In Architecture And Engineering Editor The Book Company from grandmothers to schoolchildrenAlmost every industry in the world has benefited from the invention of plastics, but it's only in the recent past that they have begun to be appreciated as architectural materials in their own right. Plastics are quickly becoming one of the most ubiquitous materials in construction with the potential to reshape the roles of architects and engineers, as well as the construction industry at large. As a building material, plastic allows for easily molded