Preface

This book is, in part, the result of a particular frustration that I have harboured for many years. Like many of you, I love books about digital design, and I am always impressed by the wizardry of their beautifully illustrated projects and examples. But by the time I reach the concluding chapters, I am invariably frustrated to find that these books never reveal the mechanisms that yielded such spectacular results. The question on my mind – and which I am sure is often also on yours – is ‘How did they do that?’

When I was approached to write a book about parametric design in architecture, I did not quite know what kind of book it would be, but I knew what kind of book it would not be. It would not resemble a magician’s show, where the ...

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