The Alphabet and the Algorithm
$62.11
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
4 February 2011
Summary
The rise and fall of identical copies- digital technologies and form-making from mass customization to mass collaboration.Digital technologies have changed architecture-the way it is taught, practiced, managed, and regulated. But if the digital has created a “paradigm shift” for architecture, which paradigm is shifting? In The Alphabet and the Algorithm, Mario Carpo points to one key practice of modernity- the making of identical copies. Carpo highlights two examples of identicality crucial t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262515801 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262515806 |
| Author: | Mario Carpo |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 4 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Writing Architecture |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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“On page after page, Carpo engages a difficult set of issues, some of which strikechords that are still resonating.” – Flutur Troshani , Leonardo
“On page after page, Carpo engages a difficult set of issues, some of which strike chords that are still resonating.” – Flutur Troshani, Leonardo
About The Author
Mario Carpo
Mario Carpo is Reyner Banham Professor of Architectural History and Theory, the Bartlett, University College London. He is the author of Architecture in the Age of Printing- Orality, Writing, Typography, and Printed Images in the History of Architectural Theory and The Alphabet and the Algorithm (both published by the MIT Press) and other books.
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