Intelligent skins

 Content: Preface: The origins of this book --
 1. Introduction --
 2. The environmental context and the design imperative --
 3. Buildings and intelligence: Metaphors and models --
 4. The intelligent skin: The deepening metaphor --
 5. Method --
 6. Features --
 7. The future --
 8. The case studies: --
 1. GSW Headquarters, Berlin --
 2. Debis Building, Berlin --
 3. Commerzbank Headquarters, Frankfurt-am-Main --
 4. Stadttor (city gate), Düsseldorf --
 5. GlaxoWellcome House West, Greenford --
 6. The environmental building, Garston --
 7. Helicon, London --
 8. Tax office extension, Enschede --
 9. Headquarters of Götz, Würzburg --
 10. Phoenix Central Library, Phoenix, Arizona --
 11. The Brundtland Centre, Toftlund Sønerjylland --
 12. The Green Building, Dublin --
 13. Heliotrop®, Freiburg-im-Breisgau --
 14. Villa Vision, Taastrup --
 15. Business Promotion Centre, Duisburg --
 16. School of Engineering and Manufacture, Leicester --
 17. SUVA Insurance Company, Basel --
 18. Solar House Freiburg, Freiburg --
 19. Design office for Gartner, Gundelfingen/Donau --
 20. TRON: Concept intelligent house, Tokyo --
 21. Super energy conservation building, Tokyo --
 22. Occidental Chemical Center, Niagara Falls, New York.
 Abstract:             This text examines the potential for integral intelligence within the fabric of buildings and explores the evolution of smart materials. The principles of the intelligent building envelope and a review of current practice are two areas covered