Advanced Composites Inspired by Biological Structures and Functions in Nature: Architecture Design, Strengthening Mechanisms, and Mechanical-Functional Responses

The natural design and coupling of biological structures are the root of realizing the high strength, toughness, and unique functional properties of biomaterials. Advanced architecture design is applied to many materials, including metal materials, inorganic nonmetallic materials, polymer materials, and so on. To improve the performance of...

Book Review: Pasados-presentes para un contexto afectivo: Catálogo de la exposición

Pasados-presentes para un contexto afectivo: Catálogo de la exposición. Conjuntos empáticos. Serie: Inéditos. Madrid, España, Fundación Montemadrid 2021. ISBN: 978-84-09-30740-1

Asian Independence: Notes on Modernism and Creativity in the Built Environment

This article discusses three recently published books examining the cities of East Asia. The first, Southeast Asia’s Modern Architecture: Questions of Translation, Epistemology and Power (2019), edited by Jiat-Hwee Chang and Imran bin Tajudeen,1 “explores the histories of Southeast Asia’s architecture and built environment in the twentieth...

Reading Caroline Rabourdin’s Sense in Translation: Essays on the Bilingual Body

Sense in Translation: Essays on the Bilingual Body presents a series of thematically related essays on the subject of language, translation and the body. It weaves together ideas derived from phenomenology, science and linguistics with the author’s own experience as a bilingual writer and architect. Rabourdin’s engagement with the writings of...