Digital Design and Manufacturing : CAD/CAM Applications in Architecture and Design

A reliable, concise guide to computer-aided design and manufacturing Positioned to be the leading book of its kind in the field, Digital Design and Manufacturing explains the ins and outs of CAD/CAM technologies and how these tools can be used to model and manufacture building components and industrial design products. It offers a comprehensive overview of the field and expertly addresses a broad range of recent initiatives and other issues related to the design of parts and assemblies for automated manufacturing and assembly. Digital Design and Manufacturing presents the latest technical coverage of how to implement CAD/CAM technologies into the design process, including the broad range of software, computer numerical control (CNC) machines, manufacturing processes, and prototyping necessary. Insightful case studies are integrated throughout from the works of Frank Gehry, Bernard Franken, Raphael Vinoly, and many other leading architects. Product design case studies are also presented. Students and professional architects will find techniques for going from representation to production, while avoiding the pitfalls of traditional manufacturing and allowing for the design and production of complex, free-form components that have been too expensive to use practically-until now. Companion Web site: www.wiley.com/go/schodek

DANIEL SCHODEK is the Kumagai Professor of Architectural Technology at the Harvard Design School, where he taught CAD/CAM classes for many years. He is the author of Structures, Fifth Edition, the leading text in the field, and several other books.

MARTIN BECHTHOLD is an architect who has practiced in Hamburg, London, and Paris, and is Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Design School.

KIMO GRIGGS is President of Kimo Griggs Architects and Kimo Inc. (a design and fabrication company), and an instructor on building technologies at the Harvard Design School.

KENNETH MARTIN KAO is a founding partner of Kao Design Group. He lectures on building construction and technology at the Harvard Design School and has also taught at MIT and ETH-Zurich.

MARCO STEINBERG is an architect with a Helsinki-based practice. He is Associate Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Design School and has taught architecture and industrial design at the Rhode Island School of Design.