Architecture makes space material. Traditionally, it has done so through stacking, curving, and pouring of stone, brick, concrete, or dirt. Latest advancements in technology have made possible to manipulate materials like never before. Given the right amount of tooling, nearly any material can be accommodated to any form or shape, however outlandish they may be.

The five finalists for the Architizer A+ “Materials” award each investigate new paths for materials old and new. Click through for the slideshow!

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Triangle of the Squinches – a Collaborative Ballet
HAAS Architecture
San Francisco, California

Pop Rocks: Soft Urban Boulder Field
AFJD Studio, Matthew Soules Architecture
Vancouver, Canada

Building Bytes
Building Bytes
Netherlands

South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre
Anagram Architects
New Delhi, India

Photo: Brandon Shigeta

BLOOM: Making Building Skins Responsive with Thermally Smart Materials
DOSU Studio Architecture
Los Angeles

by Architizer Editors

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tagged 3d printing, A+, A+ Award finalist, Architizer A+ Awards, brick, finalist, inflatible, Materials, pop rocks, string, tooling

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