Digital Architecture (Paperback)

~ M. Saleh Uddin (Author) "There is no debate whether the computer technology is a positive or negative influence in the design process of architecture..." (more)
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Digital Architecture is the only guide that shows you how to create accomplished computer drawings by displaying and explaining the work of many of today's most justly celebrated design professionals. It gives you the foundation to understand how these international masters so deftly exploited computers, by providing a clear overview of the hardware, software, and input and output devices involved in digital media. It then showcases the conceptual studies, desktop formats, 3D renderings, digital hybrids, and animation of more than 50 top designers and firms. Each project comes with a succinct explanation of the design concept, drawing techniques, hardware and software used, and output media involved. Featuring an easy-to-use, loose-leaf format, Digital Architecture will be your ongoing reference on hybrid digital representation and an endless source of ideas and inspiration.

From the Back Cover

MORE THAN 50 WORLD-CLASS DESIGN PROS SHOW YOU WHAT IT TAKES TO CREATE OUTSTANDING COMPUTER DRAWINGS.

If you want to learn about the latest, most imaginative trends in computer graphics, why not consult the trendsetters?

That's the foolproof logic behind DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE, the only guide that shows you how to create accomplished computer drawings by displaying and explaining the work of many of today's most justly celebrated design professionals.

DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE gives you the foundation to understand how these international masters so deftly exploited computers, by providing a clear overview of the hardware, software, and input and output devices involved in digital media. It then showcases the conceptual studies, desktop formats, 3D renderings, digital hybrids, and animation of such luminaries as:

Anthony Ames * Tadao Ando * David Baker Associates * R.L. Binder * Neil Denari * Steven Holl * Helmut Jahn * Kajima Corporation * Kohn Pederson Fox * Morphosis * Eric Owen Moss * Scogin Elam and Bray Architects * Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects * Shin Takamatsu * Bernard Tschumi * Kenneth Yeang * And over three dozen other top designers and firms!

Each project comes with a succinct explanation of the design concept, drawing techniques, hardware and software used, and output media involved.

Featuring an easy-to-use format, DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE will be your ongoing reference on hybrid digital representation and an endless source of ideas and inspiration.

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing (February 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070658145
• ISBN-13: 978-0070658141
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,592,118 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A cautious note:(, April 7, 2000

By A Customer

I am sorry to say that i was disappointed with this book after purchase. At initial glance i do acknowledge that this book is well presented with full color pages. But after close analysis i can say that certain illustrations are repeated and could also be accessed through the internet. The text is brief and can be recommended only for the new entry would-be computer designer and lacks the depth for the serious architect. Furthermore the author has wasted much space in the book describing the programs, hardware etc that the architecture firms have employed, that is non-relevant and is extensively iterated that tends to annoyance and frustration for the reader. The feeling here is that a good opportunity has gone begging due to a lack of thorough research into the works presented and a great reliance on colour illustrations that lack the information to support them.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting topic. Disappointing results., November 21, 2003

By	Stefan Boeykens "stefkeb" (Leuven, Belgium) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read this book in 2003, so this might be the reason I wasn't thrilled. The topic is interesting, but in a few years, the content gets so dated, that it is frustrating: the render quality might have been good those days, but the clear lack of indirect lighting, the deepblack shadows which erase all shading details, the use of clean, raytraced reflections makes it very computer-looking.
A current book like Exposé, by Ballistic Publishing, with more art-oriented computer works is clearly a major leap forward: attention to detail, materials, dirt & grime (not only for the architectural renderings).
And the long lists of displayed hardware & software might have been interesting at the time of publishing, but this has become largely irrelevant after even a short time. It is better to not go into much detail about these facts.
There is also a great lack of detailed information about "how things are done".
So I can't recommend the book.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone related with architecture and CAD..., May 11, 1999

By A Customer

The book not only gives examples of what is going on in Architectural design in the offices using digital technics, but also defines clearly the process of designing and the use of computers effectively within that process. Impressive images, short and clear definitions of methods as well as hardware and software. I recommend it not only for practicing architects but researchers in this area as well as students of architecture...