"Materials for Design" by Victoria Ballard Bell and Patrick Rand grew out of a need for architecture students to understand the properties and forms of building materials. The book uses case studies to illustrate imaginative uses of glass, wood, metals, plastics, and concrete in architectural settings.

• By Victoria Ballard Bell and Patrick Rand
  
• Paperback
• 275 color illustrations; 250 b/w illustrations 
• 272 pages 
• ISBN 9781568985589 
• Published in September 2006