DIGITAL REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON ARCHITECTURE

This paper is an effort to theorize and map some of the general

lineaments and contours featuring sporadically in many of today’s

buildings that we contend are influenced by the digital revolution.

These characteristics are representative, not exclusive, of the forces

influencing architecture in the digital age.

The paper focuses on specific issues and introduce them in the form

of aphorisms—short and concise statements about a particular

principle and pattern that we contend is emerging in architecture in

the digital age—followed by a discussion.

It is important to note that in this paper we do not intend to typify the

course of architecture in a particular country or movement, but are

pointing at the ideas that are likely to serve as models for architects

throughout the world.