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Way to visualize and design structures
Computer-aided architectural design (CAAD) software programs are the repository of accurate and comprehensive records of buildings and are used by architects and architectural companies for architectural design and architectural engineering. As the latter often involve floor plan designs CAAD software greatly simplifies this task. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Computer-aided architectural designA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Three decades of machine learning with neural networks in computer-aided architectural design (1990–2021)Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: CAD principles for architectural designThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: On optimization in computer aided architectural designCited 50 times
- Go sideways: Computer-aided architectural engineeringA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Computer-aided designA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
On optimization in computer aided architectural design
The Theoretical Foundation of Computer-Aided Architectural Design
Diffusion of Computer Aided Design Technology in Architectural Design Practice
Architectural design exposed: from computer-aided drawing to computer-aided design
BIM-based Computer-Aided Architectural Design
COMPUTER-AIDED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN—PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Formal Representations: A Foundation for Computer-Aided Architectural Design
Computer‐Aided Architectural Design Oriented to Robotized Facade Panels Manufacturing
🆕 Influential since 2022
Three decades of machine learning with neural networks in computer-aided architectural design (1990–2021)
The Role of Computer-Aided Design in Architectural Education
Exploration of Revit Software Aided Architectural Design Education Based on Computer BIM Technology
Computer-aided architectural design optimization based on BIM Technology
Art Effect Design of Modern Architectural Structure based on Computer-Aided Visual Aesthetics
📚 Books worth reading
CAD principles for architectural designPeter Szalapaj · 2001- 📕Scripting CulturesMark Burry · 2011
- 📕Digital Participation and Collaboration in Architectural DesignRichard Laing · 2018
Architectural design and CADYvon Gardan · 1986
Digital Workflows in ArchitectureScott Marble · 2012
The logic of architectureWilliam J. Mitchell · 1988
Folding in ArchitectureGreg Lynn · 1993
Computer-aided architectural design futuresInternational Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design (1985 Delft, Netherlands) · 1986
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