A future of diminishing petroleum resources will serve as a stark contrast with our generous oil-based diet today. A nonrenewable resource with limited reserves accessible with today’s technology and facing accelerated global demand, oil will continue to become more expensive in the long-term—it’s simply a question of how much and when. [...]
“Emergent Green” Exhibition Opening @ University of Minnesota
Blaine Brownell Lecture: “Substance and Transience in Japanese Architecture and Design” @ Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Blaine Brownell Lecture: “Material Futures” and Additive Manufacturing Panel @ Hatch Asheville, North Carolina
Blaine Brownell Interviewed by Verity Magdalino in Stylus
One of the most intriguing material innovations to be introduced to buildings in the past decade is aerogel. Originally developed by chemical engineer Samuel Stephens Kistler in the early 20th century, the world’s lightest-known solid material—made of about 1 percent quartz and 99 percent air—has been nicknamed “frozen smoke” due to its lightness and translucency. [...]
