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.

Blaine Brownell's Posts

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  Mind & Matter

  Alternative Wood Products and Processing Methods to Watch

  by Blaine Brownell

  Architect magazine highlights several readily available, experimental, and speculative products and innovations

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  Architect

  Dazed and ... Constructed? How Hemp Could Alter Material Selections in Architecture

  by Blaine Brownell

  For Architect magazine, Blaine Brownell explores uses of the plant-based alternative in concrete, textiles, varnish, and other building products.