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Programming.architecture / Paul Coates.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coates, Paul (Paul S.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architectural design--Data processing.
- Architectural design.
- Architectural design--Mathematics.
- Architecture--Philosophy.
- Architecture.
- Computer-aided design.
- Algorithms.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Programming architecture
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Programming.Architecture is a simple and concise introduction to the history of computing and computational design, explaining the basics of algorithmic thinking and the use of the computer as a tool for design and architecture. Paul Coates, a pioneer of CAAD, demonstrates algorithmic thinking through projects and student work collated through his years of teaching students of computing and design. The book takes a detailed and practical look at what the techniques and philosophy of coding entail, and gives the reader many ""glimpses under the hood"" in the form of code snip
- Contents:
- Falling between two stools
- Rethinking representation
- In the beginning was the word
- The mystery of the machine that invents itself
- Evolving the text
- being even lazier
- The text of the vernacular
- Epilogue or rethinking representation (again).
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-89904-9
- 1-136-89905-7
- 1-282-88589-8
- 9786612885891
- 0-203-84148-4
- 9780203841488
- OCLC:
- 670411126
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