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Tectonics and Textiles
Author(s) -
McQuaid Matilda
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.373
Subject(s) - exhibition , history , visual arts , engineering , art history , law , art , political science
Technical textiles are now omnivalent ‐ used in many different everyday applications ‐ and have been adopted by civil engineers and physicians alike. In an exhibition, ‘Extreme Textiles’ at New York's Cooper‐Hewitt Museum last year, curator Matilda McQuaid brought these common but often ignored extraordinary materials to public attention. Here she highlights the high‐performance qualities of this very special category of materials. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.