
Architecture, Computing and the Second World War
From Crystallography to Digital Research in Architecture
Joao Rocha(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 28. February 2031
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-138-73212-4 (ISBN)
Description
Architecture, Computing and the Second World War explores the history of digital architecture from the 1930s to the 1970s, depicting the interdisciplinary connections between the British avant-garde and the scientific milieu at the beginning of World War II. Interest in digital architecture has increased exponentially in recent years, due to the rising recognition of its importance. This book offers a historical account of the premises that fostered this multidisciplinary domain, enriching our understanding of the intellectual and cultural history that provided the context for the creation of architectural computing in the UK and USA. It examines the interwar period, ending in the late 1930s, as the starting point for a new enquiry into the building sciences and the emergence of design computing, using examples from research carried out at the LUBFS Centre at Cambridge, the Architecture Machine Group at MIT and the Design Research Center at Carnegie Mellon, along with photographs from the period, to illustrate the history of architectural computation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
20 s/w Abbildungen, 20 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
20 Halftones, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-73212-4 (9781138732124)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Image Credits Abbreviations Introduction 1. From Modern Physics to British Avant-Garde 2. From the Spanish Civil War to Modernism 3. From War Codes to Computing 4. Architecture and Computation Appendices Bibliography Index