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DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE NOW The latest wave in digital architecture, featuring over 40 firms and 200 projects from around the world
The practice of architecture has changed more radically in the
last fifteen years than perhaps at any time in its entire history.
The commercial availability of complex software and its reliant
hardware technologies have resulted in a fast, accurate, and
globally transferable design culture.
While the first generation of digital architects was often preoccupied
by pure formal experimentation, the new practitioners—most of whom have only known digital tools, fabrication methods,
and communication—address a more diverse agenda. From the
environment to social responsibility, they have an acute awareness
of the built world that informs and animates their architecture.
Many of the new techniques pioneered by digital architects
more than a decade ago are now finding their way into mainstream
architecture, creating a greater public appreciation of, and appetite
for, what was once perceived as “radical” architecture.
Neil Spiller is Professor of Architecture and Digital Theory and
Vice Dean of the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. He
is the author of several books on architecture and digital culture,
including Visionary Architecture. ISBN 978-0-500-34247-3 · 10" x 111/4"
· 872 illustrations, 700 in color · 400 pages · ARCHITECTURE |
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