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Algorithmic Architecture
	Author: Kostas Terzidis Publisher: Architectural Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$43.95~~ Buy New: $34.79 You Save: $9.16 (21%) New (23) Used (5) from $34.79 Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 328312 Media: Paperback Edition: 1 Pages: 176 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9 Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 ISBN: 0750667257 Dewey Decimal Number: 720.2840285536 EAN: 9780750667258 ASIN: 0750667257 Publication Date: July 5, 2006 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: International shipping available Condition: Brand new book delivered from the UK in 10-14 days.


Editorial Reviews: Product Description Why does the word design owe its origin to Latin and not Greek roots? Where do the limits of the human mind lie? How does ambiguity enter the deterministic world of computation? Who was Parmenides and why is his philosophy still puzzling today? This unique volume challenges the reader to tackle all these complex questions and more. Algorithmic Architecture is not a typical theory-based architectural book; it is not a computer programming or language tutorial book either. It contains a series of provocative design projects, and yet it is not just a design or graphic art book per se. Following the tradition of architecture as a conglomeration of various design fields - engineering, theory, art, and recently, computation - the challenge of this book is to present a concept that, like architecture, is a unifying theme for many diverse disciplines. An algorithm is not only a step-by-step problem-solving procedure, a series of lines of computer codes or a mechanistic linguistic expression, but is also an ontological construct with deep philosophical, social, design, and artistic repercussions. Consequently, this book presents many, various and often seemingly disparate points of view that lead to the establishment of one common theme; algorithmic architecture. * Guides readers in the increasingly popular practice of using algorithms to solve complex design issues * Demonstrates a technique used by many of the big name architecture firms, now cascading down to educational level * Shows architects how to use algorithms to go beyond the mouse and transcend the factory set limitations of current 3D CAD software

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