Textiles and Architecture

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The paper reviews the development of architecture and modern day architecture's relationship with textiles. The paper examines the predicted future of textiles and maintains that due to the ever-changing ecological factors in the world's erratic environment, the use of textiles will only grow due to their practicality and serviceability in architectural design and construction. The paper stresses that today's modern tensile architectural designs hold great promise in the provision of affordable and attainable shelter for housing and community construction.

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Objective
Statement of Thesis
Introduction
History of Textiles and Architectural Design and Construction
Review of the Development of Architecture
Modern Day Architecture and Textiles
Review of the Predicted Future of Textiles
Summary and Conclusion

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"The word textile is derived from a Latin word 'texere' which means simply "to weave". (Meyers, 2001) Spinning and weaving have been done since prehistoric times, the earliest known evidence being from the Bronze Age in about 4500 BC in Egypt." (Meyers, 2001) The spinning wheel was introduced in the fourteenth century in Europe. (Meyers, 2001; paraphrased) The Saxony wheel, is said to be "an improved version" and to have "sped up the production of yarn considerably." (Meyers, 2001) It was the Saxony wheel that brought about the ability for a large enough production of thread to "reliably supply a growing body of weavers" which made the provisions necessary for the conditions required for manufacturing of textile and the textile trade to begin."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Albers, Anni (1957) The Pliable Plane: Textiles in Architecture. Perspecta Vol. 4, 1957 pp. 36-41.
• Albers, Anni (1965) On Weaving (Middletown Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press.
• Baldia, Christel (2001) Moving towards a Social Responsibility in the Textile and Fiber Industry: A Diachronic Approach. Ancient Textiles. 2 June, 2001. Online available at: http://209.217.18.237/AbstractsWeb_ARCHAEOLOGY_RESOURCES_.htm.
• Hergeth, Helmut (2002) Target Costing in the Textile Complex. Vol. 2, Issue IV, Fall 2002.
• History Encyclopedia (2007) Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture. Online available at: http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=219773.

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