ABSTRACT
The application of innovative technology in building design is relatively rare, perhaps because clients’ and contractors’ perceptions of the risks involved are high. Even if architects and engineers are aware of the possibilities that innovation affords, cost and time constraints frequently mitigate against experimentation in construction practice. Very few architectural firms have therefore made consistent efforts to introduce new technology to live projects and thereby test experimental architectural concepts. However, without such projects the possibilities provided by the use of new materials and techniques may never be realised.
