Carbon Fiber: Will It Transform Architecture?

Although the materials seem well suited for architecture--in tension, carbon fiber is five times stronger than steel--their use in buildings has been rare. Testa, though, is convinced that composites will radically transform architecture during the next decade or two. His carbon skyscraper, which he likes to describe as a "woven building," is designed to be not just less muscle-bound than the skyscrapers in which Americans work today but also more beautiful, environmentally friendly, and cheap to build.

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan