The Digital Architect: A Common-Sense Guide to Using Computer Technology in Design Practice - Softcover

Sanders, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471121657 ISBN 13: 9780471121657

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1995

Synopsis

Written by an architect for design professionals, The Digital Architect is a gold mine of commonsense advice and guidance on the realities of using computer technology in design practice.

Ken Sanders, AIA, takes you beyond the hyperbole to discover the practical reality of using computers today. He explains their strengths and weaknesses; what these tools do and what they don't do; and how they can be used strategically and tactically to improve quality, productivity, and profits in design firms of all sizes. Drawing on his own experiences and those of colleagues from across the nation whose comments appear throughout, he provides a wealth of valuable insights and advice on:

• Choosing technology that leverages your professional value
• Integrating technology seamlessly into your firm
• Implementing cost-effective technology training and education
• Managing the digital office, including liability, privacy, and security issues
• Organizing the knowledge base of your firm
• Using the Internet's World Wide Web as a global information resource
• Hardware platforms, operating systems, and networks
• Software tools and applications, including CAD, word processing, spreadsheets, multimedia, visualization, animation, virtual reality, on-line services, and more
• The latest releases of major software products, including Windows 95TM and AutoCAD(r) Release 13(r)

The only guide of its kind, The Digital Architect is a valuable tool for architects, engineers, designers, and all those who participate in creating the built environment.

About this title

From the Publisher

Enables readers to make sense of all the currently available and emerging technology options impacting today's architectural practice including CAD, specification, estimating and fee budget software, databases, multimedia presentations, animation, virtual reality, online services and the information superhighway. Balances technology and management issues, with an emphasis on managing the multitude of technology selections sensibly and cost effectively.

About the Author

KEN SANDERS, AIA, is Associate Partner and Manager of Information Services at Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, an architecture planning and interior design firm based in Portland, Oregon, with offices in Seattle and Los Angeles. He is the 1995 Chair of the AIA's National Computer-Aided Practice Professional Interest Area.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0471121657
• ISBN 13: 9780471121657
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 470