The Virtual Dimension: Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture

John Beckmann, Editor

ISBN 10: 1568981201 / ISBN 13: 9781568981208

Edité par Princeton Architectural Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1998

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First Printing. A NEAR FINE, bright, clean, tight copy sans rips/tears, stains, markings, and discoloration. ILLUSTRATED in black-and-white photography with many full-page. "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. Interdisciplinary 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." 359 pages. GC12.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Virtual Dimension: Architecture, Representation, and Crash Culture
• Éditeur: Princeton Architectural Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1568981201
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781568981208
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket as Issued

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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: