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'This beautifully produced and illustrated book is an excellent reference book and a unique snapshot of the state of digital technologies in architecture today. '-Carol Hermann, Nexus Network Journal vol 6 (Autumn 2004)

'These mostly first-hand accounts by significant pioneers in the use of digital tools to make real architecture, many given in an easily digestible, almost conversational style, provide the core value of the book. The resulting mix is not a conference proceedings, nor a textbook, nor a manifesto, but a bit of all three.' - Brian Johnson, International Journal of Architectural Computing

'In making his case for the Information Master Builder, Branko Kolarevic gives a clear, concise history of the relationship between representational drawing and the builder, brief definitions of the buzzwords of today's digital topologies... a snapshot of the relationship of the architectural construction industry to the tools of shipbuilding and aeronautics, clear illustrations of the many ways architects are using Computer Aided Manufacturing, and a very lucid explanation of the contractual relationship of architect/owner/contractor, and its impediments to digital manufacturing of architecture.' - Carol Hermann, Nexus Network Journal vol 6 (Autumn 2004)

Product Description
Architecture in the Digital Age addresses contemporary architectural practice in which digital technologies are radically changing how the buildings are conceived, designed and produced. It discusses the digitally-driven changes, their origins, and their effects by grounding them in actual practices already taking place, while simultaneously speculating about their wider implications for the future. The book offers a diverse set of ideas as to what is relevant today and what will be relevant tomorrow for emerging architectural practices of the digital age.
The contents of the book brings together some of the leading international practitioners with the aim of providing informed views of what is seen as a critical juncture in architecture's evolving relationship to its wider cultural and technological context.

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