My suspicion is that is fairly expensive to make. And, most architects are pretty conservative. Or, more properly, contractors/builders would probably have to retool to an entirely new material. I don't know how they get the fibers parallel, nor how tidy the shearing process needs to be. But, suspect both steps are non-trivial.
Not so expensive that the lamp shade represents a realistic material unit price, but any household "art" object is going to grossly overpriced, transparent concrete or not. If it was to be used on a building, there would be some sorta of licensing negotiation plus real cost of manufacture. I'd be very surprised if the Co. wasn't willing to cut a pretty sweet licensing deal to the first large-scale building project to come to them. What better marketing than a building like you are describing? However, they probably won't (and can't) underwrite massive real construction costs. Wonder if it could be applied to poured-in-place structures.
If such a project happens, I predict it will be in Dubai. From all accounts, a damn impressive place.
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Not so expensive that the lamp shade represents a realistic material unit price, but any household "art" object is going to grossly overpriced, transparent concrete or not. If it was to be used on a building, there would be some sorta of licensing negotiation plus real cost of manufacture. I'd be very surprised if the Co. wasn't willing to cut a pretty sweet licensing deal to the first large-scale building project to come to them. What better marketing than a building like you are describing? However, they probably won't (and can't) underwrite massive real construction costs. Wonder if it could be applied to poured-in-place structures.
If such a project happens, I predict it will be in Dubai. From all accounts, a damn impressive place.
Very cool material though.
-B.