The Materiality of Architecture

by Antoine Picon

Book Overview

A new paradigm combining architectural tradition with emerging technologies Digital tools have launched architecture into a dizzying new era, one in which wood, stone, metal, glass, and other traditional materials are augmented by pixels and code. In this ambitious exploration, an eminent thinker examines what, exactly, the building blocks of architecture have meant over the centuries and how technology may--or may not--be changing how we think about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517909481
• ISBN13: 9781517909482
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"