Blaine Brownell
Contributor at Architect Magazine
Architect, educator, and researcher of emerging materials
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1 week ago |
architectmagazine.com | Blaine Brownell
In his book Y’Avant-Garde Architecture (Toto, 1998), Japanese architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori theorized the subdivision of Japanese architecture into two schools of thought: the red school and the white school. Red school architecture, he explained, is raw, earthy, and muscular, expressive of natural and gravity-bound materials. In contrast, white school works are characterized by refinement, lightness, and abstraction, embodying ephemeral and otherworldly qualities.
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2 weeks ago |
architectmagazine.com | Blaine Brownell
New experiments with minimally processed wood slash waste, revive natural forms, and harness AI and robotics to reimagine sustainable building materials.
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1 month ago |
architectmagazine.com | Blaine Brownell
As the popularity of wood-based materials in building construction increases, facade-based applications are becoming more desirable and prevalent. Wood’s susceptibility to decay is a familiar phenomenon, and many established preservation methods exist. However, most wood treatments for external use are problematic from human health and environmental perspectives.
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2 months ago |
architectmagazine.com | Blaine Brownell
In conversations about structural materials, steel has been upstaged in recent years by wood and concrete. Wood is celebrated due to biomass's carbon sequestration potential and renewability, and strategies to reduce concrete’s significant carbon footprint have also received much attention. Steel, one might presume, has remained essentially unchanged: a material cornerstone of modern architecture, robust and imminently capable, yet limited by its high embodied energy and global market volatility.
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2 months ago |
architectmagazine.com | Blaine Brownell
In buildings, structural systems have dominated the conversation about carbon thus far, with more scrutiny on the high embodied energy of concrete and steel. However, the facade also contributes to a building’s overall carbon footprint and is increasingly receiving attention for this aspect of environmental performance.
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Detail of Alyson Shotz’s 3D textile thread drawing, Projective Eye Gallery #unccharlotte #projectiveeyegallery #textile #materialstrategies #art @ UNC Charlotte Center City https://t.co/QhTmJG1j7U
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Cha Jong Rye’s “Expose Exposed 110915” made of subtractively manufactured white birch plywood #wood #digifab #art #charlotte #projectiveeyegallery #materialstrategies @ UNC Charlotte Center City https://t.co/8eBHXCdezF