The Second Digital Turn
Design Beyond Intelligence
$59.99
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2017
Summary
The first digital turn in architecture changed our ways of making; the second changes our ways of thinking.Almost a generation ago, the early software for computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) spawned a style of smooth and curving lines and surfaces that gave visible form to the first digital age, and left an indelible mark on contemporary architecture.But today’s digitally intelligent architecture no longer looks that way.In The Second Digital Turn, Mario Carpo explains that this…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262534024 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262534029 |
| Author: | Mario Carpo |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Writing Architecture |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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The Second Digital Turn is a beautiful exposition of historical ideas. ancient debates, technological developments in art and curious personal anecdotes brought to light at the service of contemporary issues by a scholar of great reputation: Mario Carpo.
—Review ArchitectureAbout 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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