Design Technology in Contemporary Architectural Practice pulls back the curtain on eleven world-leading design studios to reveal how computational design, BIM, and digital fabrication are woven into the fabric of daily creative and organisational life — not as add-ons, but as cultural forces.
About This Book
What does it actually look like when a leading architectural studio integrates technology into how it thinks, collaborates, and delivers work? Dominik Holzer answers this through first-hand accounts from eleven practices, tracing how design technology shapes studio culture, knowledge sharing, staff empowerment, and business strategy. The book resists the temptation to catalogue the newest tools; instead, it interrogates the organisational and cultural conditions under which computational design, BIM, and digital fabrication either flourish or falter. Structured across four thematic chapters, it is equally useful for practitioners reflecting critically on their own technology use and for academics engaging with the intersection of design process and digital practice.
Key Features
- 160 pages of first-hand studio accounts and critical thematic analysis across four chapters
- Author: Dominik Holzer
- Eleven world-leading design studios examined as case studies
- Published by Routledge
What You'll Discover
- How eleven leading practices embed computational design and BIM into day-to-day design exploration — not just project delivery
- The cultural and organisational conditions that determine whether design technology genuinely supports or disrupts creative processes
- How technology adoption intersects with collaboration protocols, knowledge sharing, and staff empowerment at a studio level
- Why the human and organisational dimensions of technology integration matter more than the tools themselves
About the Author
Dominik Holzer is the author of this study into design technology within architectural practice. Further biographical details are available upon request.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 160
- Dimensions: [Details available upon request]
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781138624542
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architectural practitioners and design firm leaders evaluating their studio's technology culture, as well as academics and students researching the organisational dimensions of computational design and BIM in practice.