Virtual Dimension: Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture

Beckmann, John (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1568981201 / ISBN 13: 9781568981208

Edité par Princeton Architectural Press, 1998

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Unmarked. Illustrated. The Virtual Dimension critically examines the role that digital and immersive technologies have on the methods used by architects, designers, and artists to conceptualize and represent new mediated spaces, topologies, and both real and virtual communities. Thirty contributors, including Stan Allen, Gareth Branwyn, Char Davies, Manuel Delanda, William J. Mitchell, Paul Virilio, and others.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Virtual Dimension: Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture
• Éditeur: Princeton Architectural Press
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1568981201
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781568981208
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Poids: 22 onces
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

In a century immersed in technological acceleration, we have reached a strange new plateau in the human condition. Advanced technologies are dramatically reshaping the way we perceive and interact with our physical environments. "The Virtual Dimension" critically examines the role that digital and immersive technologies have on the methods used by architects, designers, and artists to conceptualize and represent both real and virtual spaces. Interdiscplinary in nature, the essays included here address the implications of 'going virtual' from a variety of cultural and theoretical viewpoints. Over thirty leading architects, urban theorists, philosophers, scientists, and cultural critics have contributed to this collection, which include essays and projects by the following: