Books

What are some good physical books that actually break down the formulas and algorithms for geometries and processes of algorithmic and generative design, as opposed to books based on their history and examples in architecture. thanks

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Permalink Reply by taz on March 1, 2012 at 1:09pm

Architectural Geometry is a pretty good one...

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on March 1, 2012 at 1:27pm

fantastic, thanks

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on March 1, 2012 at 1:30pm

do you happen to know the difference between the academic and professional editions?

Permalink Reply by Matt Gaydon on March 1, 2012 at 1:34pm

If i remember right i think its just the cost. For the academic one i think i sent my student ID as proof. As bought mine a few years ago. Its an expensive book but as it will never really date its well worth the investment.

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on March 1, 2012 at 1:42pm

yea I will definitely be purchasing it, just curious of the difference.

Permalink Reply by Mateusz Zwierzycki on March 1, 2012 at 2:17pm

as I can see from book excerpt, it tells a lot about practical side of parametric design - do you know some good books that are about theory ?

There are some links here

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/page/library-algorithms-and

but which one to focus on to get some nice theory about all aspects of parametric design, not only about nature or i.e. genetic algorythms ?

Permalink Reply by taz on March 1, 2012 at 6:38pm

There was this discussion, back when there was a "Theory" section...

Permalink Reply by Mateusz Zwierzycki on March 1, 2012 at 9:39pm

I think my book collection may grow a little this month ;)

Permalink Reply by Anders Holden Deleuran on March 1, 2012 at 4:15pm

Elements of Parametric Design by Rob Woodbury is pretty good as well I find. Here's a review by Daniel Davis. His blog has several book reviews which you might find useful..

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on March 1, 2012 at 4:37pm

thanks

Permalink Reply by taz on March 1, 2012 at 6:45pm

I guess anything Bently publishes in their Building Analysis and Generative Design category might be useful.

Permalink Reply by taz on March 1, 2012 at 6:33pm

Also this book might be good, but I don't think it's out yet.

The New Mathematics of Architecture

Mark and Jane Burry are at SIAL (RMIT), which is also where Daniel Davis is at...