Architecture in Formation ─ On the Nature of Information in Digital Architecture

Architecture in Formation is the first digital architecture manual that bridges the gap between theory and practice, giving you a vital resource for navigating the digital future. Sixteen essays from practitioners, historians, and theorists look at the many ways information technology is being used to conceive and assess architecture to present to you a well-rounded discussion of the field. Twenty-nine projects illustrate real-world examples of the digital made concrete, so that you can see how you might do it too.

Featuring essays by: Georges Teyssot, Mario Carpo, Martin Bressani, Patrik Schumacher, Bernard Cache, Mark Linder, David Theodore, Evan Douglis, Rocker-Lange Architects, Antoine Picon, Michael Wen-Sen Su, Chris Perry, Alexis Meier, Achim Menges, Martin Bressani

Interviews with: George Legendre, Alessandra Ponte, Karl Chu, Ciro Najle, and Greg Lynn

Projects by: Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Mark Burry, Yehuda Kalay, Omar Khan, Jason Kelly Johnson, Alejandro Zaera Polo and Maider Llaguno Munitxa, Anna Dyson, Bess Krietemeyer, Peter Stark, Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology (CASE), Philippe Rahm, Lydia Kallipoliti and Alexandros Tsamis, Neeraj Bhatia, InfraNet Lab, Jenny Sabin, LabStudio, Luc Courschene, Preston Scott Cohen, Eisenman Architects, Eiroa Architects, Michael Hansmeyer, Chandler Ahrens (Open Source Architecture), Andrew Saunders, Nader Tehrani, Satoru Sugihara, ATLV and Thom Mayne, Morphosis, Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto, Roland Snooks, Philip Beesley, Matias del Campo and Sandra Manninger (SPAN), Michael Young, Young & Ayata, Monad Studio, Francois Roche, Ruy Klein, Chandler Ahrens and John Carpenter.

Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa is an associate professor adjunct at The School of Architecture of The Cooper Union.

Aaron Sprecher is an assistant professor at McGill University School of Architecture.