I think you need to be more specific about what sorts of materials you're looking for and what you hope to accomplish with the results of your research.
yes. what bryan said. because we could lead you to the ul-listing cheatbook or we could lead you to transmaterials and these are two totally different kinds of resources with different goals.
ok. sorry if i wasnt as clear as i should have been. im interested in efficient research techniques. my office spends a good amount of time researching residential building materials, i am interested in research tools, methods to make this time spent more efficient?
how are other professionals keeping up with current building material innovations?
i worked in an office that had specifc admin duties assigned to interns, the duties were rotated every few months. one of the duties was to maintain and organize the materials library (samples and literature). they were also responsible for tracking down new materials that we, as an office had heard of or come across. i would often drop new product lit, magazine adverts, photo/project credits, etc. in their inbox.
it all seemed to work pretty well. the interns were happy to be out there learning and the architects were happy to have a system in place to track and research materials.
like i was just saying in a different post, i just found a great book called materials for design. has really good projects with design concepts and material descriptions, including detail drawings. highly recommend. got it on amazon.
Material research
Anyone have suggestions on the best way to research building materials?
Any good websites?
Efficient methods?
Please post suggestions.
I think you need to be more specific about what sorts of materials you're looking for and what you hope to accomplish with the results of your research.
yes. what bryan said. because we could lead you to the ul-listing cheatbook or we could lead you to transmaterials and these are two totally different kinds of resources with different goals.
ok. sorry if i wasnt as clear as i should have been. im interested in efficient research techniques. my office spends a good amount of time researching residential building materials, i am interested in research tools, methods to make this time spent more efficient?
how are other professionals keeping up with current building material innovations?
i worked in an office that had specifc admin duties assigned to interns, the duties were rotated every few months. one of the duties was to maintain and organize the materials library (samples and literature). they were also responsible for tracking down new materials that we, as an office had heard of or come across. i would often drop new product lit, magazine adverts, photo/project credits, etc. in their inbox.
it all seemed to work pretty well. the interns were happy to be out there learning and the architects were happy to have a system in place to track and research materials.
like i was just saying in a different post, i just found a great book called materials for design. has really good projects with design concepts and material descriptions, including detail drawings. highly recommend. got it on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Materials-Design/dp/1568985584/sr=1-1/qid=1156901398/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-9062084-8087961?ie=UTF8&s=books
Dude, what does mine say? Sweets! What does mine say?
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