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Author(s) -
Menges Achim
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.242
Subject(s) - engineering , manufacturing sector , architecture , work (physics) , diversity (politics) , manufacturing engineering , architectural engineering , mechanical engineering , sociology , history , archaeology , anthropology , international economics , economics
Recent developments of digital fabrication and computer‐aided manufacturing (cam) in the building sector have a profound impact on architecture as a material practice. In this article, Achim Menges describes advanced processes of steel, timber and membrane fabrication and construction through an investigation of the pioneering work of world‐leading manufacturing companies Covertex, Finnforest Merk, Octatube Space Structures, Seele and Skyspan. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.