Custom Components in Architecture

This book offers architects strategies in the design and manufacturing of custom, repetitively manufactured building components.

Dana K. Gulling is a professor at North Carolina State University, School of Architecture and is a licensed architect. Her work is at the intersection of building technology and design. She has won two national book awards and a national teaching award.

Introduction 1. Manipulating Sheet 1.1. Slumping 1.2. Thermoforming 1.3. Explosive Forming 1.4. Bending Plies 1.5 Stamping 1.6. Hydroforming 2. Shaping Continuous 2.1. Extrusion 2.2. Pultrusion 3. Making Thin or Hollow 3.1. Contact Molding 3.2. Vacuum Infusion Process (VIP) 3.3. Filament Winding 3.4. Rotational Molding 3.5. Spin Casting 3.6. Slip Casting 4. Forming Solid 4.1. Casting Concrete 4.2. Casting Metal 4.3. Casting Glass 4.4. Vibration-Press Casting 4.5. Vibration Tamping 4.6. Pressing 4.7. Injection Molding