Blaine Brownell

Blaine Brownell, FAIA, is an architect and materials researcher. The author of the four Transmaterial books (2006, 2008, 2010, 2017), he is the director of the school of architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Latest Articles by Blaine Brownell

• The Building Was Never The Machine—The Walls Were

  Forget Smart Buildings—Smart Walls Are Here

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• Mind and Matter

  Architecture’s First Material Is No Longer Concrete—It’s Data

  5 MIN READ

  

• Mind over Matter

  Architecture Has Blown the Carbon Budget

  7 MIN READ

  

• Mind over Matter

  The City’s Dirtiest Secrets Are Becoming Its Best Public Spaces

  4 MIN READ

  

• Mind and Matter

  Architecture Is About to Grow a Nervous System

  5 MIN READ