ONCE AND FUTURE GRAPHICS PIONEER, PART II The Program of Computer Graphics (PCG) at Cornell University, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, continues to set the highest standards for innovation in architectural design technology. Director Donald P. Greenberg has led the program since its founding in 1974. — Published 2000.0920
	ONCE AND FUTURE GRAPHICS PIONEER In the glitzy world of computer-generated visualizations that dominate movies and magazines today, it's easy to take for granted the photographic quality that architects are able to give their renderings of proposed buildings. But behind the scenes, there have been have been four decades of grueling, dedicated, and inspired research to make possible these synthetic images that are indistinguishable from photographs. — Published 2000.0913
	VIRTUAL JERUSALEM Throughout the centuries Jerusalem has meant many things to many people. And perhaps for that reason, it has been besieged and conquered by the armies of many nations. These days, Jerusalem, home to 600,000 inhabitants, is being captured differently. It is all happening quietly in a Jerusalem basement. — Published 2000.0906
	FUN WITH COMPUTER-AIDED MODELING CLAY One hundred years ago, Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi was astonishing the world with sculpturally creative, irregular, organic forms. While others in the profession worked with straight edges, Gaudi invented his own methods for modeling parabolic arches from the catenary curve created by suspending a length of chain between two points. — Published 2000.0816
	ARCHITECTS BLEND TRADITIONAL DESIGN WITH NEW MEDIA It's an exciting time for creative service agencies. As thousands of businesses make the jump to the "new economy" from the old, computers are changing everything. Excitement comes not only from an increase in clients -- a burst of start-up, dot-com companies -- but also from the new media that agencies use to tell client stories to the public. — Published 2000.0830
	SCALE MODELS FROM THIN AIR Some day in the next millennium, architects may be able to put design information into a machine that will automatically construct a complete building. Hints of this distant future are visible in the experiments of Japanese construction companies, in which robots assemble building components in the field. Already the idea is being implemented, albeit at a much smaller scale, with a new family of technologies called rapid prototyping. This enables designers to build physical models directly and automatically from 3D computer models. — Published 2000.0802
	DESIGN COURSE DOES DIGITAL The goals and aspirations of teaching a digital design process vary widely between different educational institutions, as well as between academia and the profession. — Published 2000.0823
	CAD FOR AEC PRINCIPALS Does computer-aided design provide significant business benefits to architecture, engineering, and construction companies? In many cases, the heads of these firms are skeptical, according to new studies. Is this a matter of perception, or are the software technologies really failing to measure up to vendors' claims for efficiency? At the recent Congress on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES 2000), technology experts Kristine Fallon, FAIA, and Kenneth Stowe, P.E., offered their opinions on the problems and the solutions. — Published 2000.0719
	VIRTUAL CRANBROOK UNITES TRADITION AND TECHNOLOGY In the 1920s and 30s, the famous Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen committed both his talent and his spirit to the Cranbrook Academy of Art . This pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement served as campus architect and president of the art school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. His goal was to create an environment for master artisans and students to live and work together. — Published 2000.0712
	EXPANDING YOUR PRACTICE THROUGH WEB MARKETING Every architecture firm, it seems, has a web site, but how effective are these sites as marketing tools? It depends how you use them. During the 1990s, many firms placed their billboards on the information highway by setting up a promotional web site. It might have included a portfolio of work, some high-sounding statements of design philosophy, perhaps a client list, and news of current projects. — Published 2000.0628

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