The Architecture Machine
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About this book
Computer-aided design
Today, it is hard to imagine the everyday work in an architectural practice without computers. Bits and bytes play an important role in the design and presentation of architecture. The book, which is published in the context of an exhibition of the same name of the Architekturmuseum der TUM at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, for the first time considers – in depth – the development of the digital in architecture.
In four chapters, it recounts this intriguing history from its beginnings in the 1950s through to today and presents the computer as a drawing machine, as a design tool, as a medium for telling stories, and as an interactive communication platform. The basic underlying question is simple: Has the computer changed architecture? And if so, by how much?
- First comprehensive overview of the history of the computer in architecture
- Publication in support of the exhibition of the Architekturmuseum der TUM
- 40 case studies with more than 200 historic images
Author / Editor information
Teresa Fankhänel, curator at the Architekturmuseum der TUM
Andres Lepik, Director of the Architekturmuseum der TUM
Reviews
"Flipping through the case studies in each chapter is like quickly moving forward in time, from colored lines on black backgrounds and rudimentary wireframes in the 1980s, to now awkward-looking blobs from the late 1990s and today's hyperrealistic renderings that might look awkward to future generations. […] Although this book is far from technical, architects interested in the evolution of architecture at the hands of CAD and other software should like this historical overview of a period of dramatic change."
John Hill, on archidose blogspot, October 2020
https://archidose.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-architecture-machine.html
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Manufacturer information:
Im Westfeld 8
CH-4055 Basel
Switzerland
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EU responsible person:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Genthiner Straße 13
10785 Berlin
