January/February 2008
The Building, Digitally Remastered
In this era, the rectilinear glass box has become a quaint relic of the predigital past.
By Michael Patrick Gibson
Fifteen years ago, it would have been difficult--and in some cases impossible--to engineer the buildings in these pages. Now powerful computer-assisted design and manufacturing techniques let architects build according to wholly new geometries. In this era, the rectilinear glass box has become a quaint relic of the predigital past.
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