The digital turn in architecture has gone through several stages and phases, and Architectural Design (AD) has captured them all. This anthology of AD's most salient articles is chronologically and thematically arranged to provide a complete historical timeline of the rise to pre-eminence of computer-based design and production. A much-needed pedagogical and research tool, this synopsis also relates the present state of digitality in architecture to the history and theory of its recent development and trends. Architectural students, scholars, and practicing architects will find this book an invaluable reference.
Mario Carpo teaches architectural history and theory at the School of Architecture of Paris-La Villette, at the Georgia Institute of Technology and at the Yale School of Architecture. His research and publications focus on the relationship between architectural theory, cultural history and the history of information technology. Among his publications are the award-winning Architecture in the Age of Printing (2001), monographs on Sebastiano Serlio and Leon Battista Alberti, and The Alphabet and the Algorithm (2011), a history and critique of digital design theory. Carpo’s writings are also published internationally in journals and architectural magazines.
Introduction
Twenty Years of Digital Design
Architecture After the Age of Printing (1992)
Visions Unfolding: Architecture in the Age of Electronic Media AD September-October 1992 Peter Eisenman
The Affects of Singularity AD November-December 1992 Peter Eisenman
Folding in Architecture (1993)
Architectural Curvilinearity: The Folded, the Pliant and the Supple AD March-April 1993 Greg Lynn Shoei Yoh, Prefectura Gymnasium AD March-April 1993 Greg Lynn
The Architectural Relevance of Cyberspace (1995)
The Architectural Relevance of Cyberspace AD November-December 1995 John Frazer
Architectural Experiments AD November-December 1995 John Frazer
The Digital and the Global (1996) Yokohama
International Port Terminal AD July-August 1996
Foreign Office Architects
Field Conditions (1997)
From Object to Field AD May-June 1997 Stan Allen
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