Katie Lloyd Thomas is Professor of Theory and History of Architecture at Newcastle University. Previous publications include Material Matters (2007) and Industries of Architecture (2015).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1. Introduction Simondon and the SpecificationBuilding Materials: an ontogenetic approach‘Veritable Relations’: building materials as systemsOn the Transductive Method 2. Specifying Building Materials From Object to Process: 18th and 19th century specifications and the shift to division by tradeFrom Means to Ends: 20th and 21st century specifications and the variety of forms of clause 3. Naming MaterialsFrom Species to Brand-names: Changing practices of naming timberEffects of Changes in Naming: The emergence of proprietary specificationNaming and Table 2/3: Materials as varieties of matter 4. Process The Process-Based Clause‘Nothing but a Transit’: Hylomorphism and the forgetting of processDynamic Operations in Process-Based Description‘Rendered Plastic by Preparation’: Preliminary operations5. PerformancePerformance Specification‘Grounded in Such Usefulness’: Material as Equipment‘For a Given Service’: ‘New Glass Performances’6. Systems of Material Simondon’s ‘Complete System’‘That Constitutive Seam’7. Going Into the Mould Preliminary OperationsThe Technical ObjectInventive RelationsBibliographyIndex

Katie Lloyd Thomas is Professor of Theory and History of Architecture at Newcastle University. Previous publications include Material Matters (2007) and Industries of Architecture (2015).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1. Introduction Simondon and the SpecificationBuilding Materials: an ontogenetic approach‘Veritable Relations’: building materials as systemsOn the Transductive Method 2. Specifying Building Materials From Object to Process: 18th and 19th century specifications and the shift to division by tradeFrom Means to Ends: 20th and 21st century specifications and the variety of forms of clause 3. Naming MaterialsFrom Species to Brand-names: Changing practices of naming timberEffects of Changes in Naming: The emergence of proprietary specificationNaming and Table 2/3: Materials as varieties of matter 4. Process The Process-Based Clause‘Nothing but a Transit’: Hylomorphism and the forgetting of processDynamic Operations in Process-Based Description‘Rendered Plastic by Preparation’: Preliminary operations5. PerformancePerformance Specification‘Grounded in Such Usefulness’: Material as Equipment‘For a Given Service’: ‘New Glass Performances’6. Systems of Material Simondon’s ‘Complete System’‘That Constitutive Seam’7. Going Into the Mould Preliminary OperationsThe Technical ObjectInventive RelationsBibliographyIndex

Katie Lloyd Thomas is Professor of Theory and History of Architecture at Newcastle University. Previous publications include Material Matters (2007) and Industries of Architecture (2015).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1. Introduction Simondon and the SpecificationBuilding Materials: an ontogenetic approach‘Veritable Relations’: building materials as systemsOn the Transductive Method 2. Specifying Building Materials From Object to Process: 18th and 19th century specifications and the shift to division by tradeFrom Means to Ends: 20th and 21st century specifications and the variety of forms of clause 3. Naming MaterialsFrom Species to Brand-names: Changing practices of naming timberEffects of Changes in Naming: The emergence of proprietary specificationNaming and Table 2/3: Materials as varieties of matter 4. Process The Process-Based Clause‘Nothing but a Transit’: Hylomorphism and the forgetting of processDynamic Operations in Process-Based Description‘Rendered Plastic by Preparation’: Preliminary operations5. PerformancePerformance Specification‘Grounded in Such Usefulness’: Material as Equipment‘For a Given Service’: ‘New Glass Performances’6. Systems of Material Simondon’s ‘Complete System’‘That Constitutive Seam’7. Going Into the Mould Preliminary OperationsThe Technical ObjectInventive RelationsBibliographyIndex