A study of computer-aided design principles for architectural design. It links the intentions of the CAD user to specific CAD techniques. These intentions stem from the central analytical aspects of design schemes that subsequently drive the development of the building form.

Contemporary Architecture and the Digital Design Process introduces the reader to new developments in the computer modelling of design form in contemporary architectural practice through a series of detailed case studies. The book illustrates how evolving design practices use and exploit the potential of new computing technologies in a wide range of areas and application.A central thesis of this book is that technology follows design demand, rather than design adjusting to available new technology. Designers are not merely passive recipients of prescribed computing tools and techniques....