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April 13, 2022

Pandemic speeds adoption of digital design

By EMMA HINCHLIFFE
A/E Editor

Rendering by DeForest Architects [enlarge]
DeForest Architects designed this Sun Valley modern home almost exclusively online.

Technology and the practice of architecture have always been close bedfellows. From 3D modeling to virtual reality walkthroughs, advances in technology have allowed architects to conceive and share their designs in novel and innovative ways. The pandemic, however, thrust technology and digital design tools to the center of the profession in a way not seen before. Architects around Seattle agree that the pandemic was somewhat of an incubator when it came to tech, in terms of both its centrality to the profession and the kinds and number of tools being used.


 
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