The Architecture Machine: The Role of Computers in Architecture
Teresa Fankhänel, Andres Lepik (Editors)
Birkhäuser, July 2020

Hardcover | 8-1/4 x 11 inches | 248 pages | 230 illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-3035621549 | $45.99

PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:
Today, it is hard to imagine the everyday work in an architectural practice without computers. Bits and bytes play an important role in the design and presentation of architecture. The book, which is published in the context of an exhibition of the same name of the Architekturmuseum der TUM at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich (October 14, 2020 to January 10, 2021), for the first time considers ? in depth ? the development of the digital in architecture.
In four chapters, it recounts this intriguing history from its beginnings in the 1950s through to today and presents the computer as a drawing machine, as a design tool, as a medium for telling stories, and as an interactive communication platform. The basic underlying question is simple: Has the computer changed architecture" And if so, by how much" Teresa Fankhänel and Andres Lepik are curator and director, respectively, at the Architekturmuseum der TUM.
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dDAB COMMENTARY:
Last week the exhibition The Architecture Machine, curated by Teresa Fankhänel, opened at Architekturmuseum der TUM, the Munich institution directed by Andres Lepik. The pair edited the companion catalog, which consists of ne...