Architects confront a dizzying array of new materials (and performance claims) any time they go to an expo, browse a design magazine, open their email inboxes, or thumb through the day's mail at the office. How are we to distinguish hype from fact? Who has time to do the research, as mass customization and global manufacturing are working together to expand (exponentially) the available options when it's time to specify a project?
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