Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to AI for Architects - Hardcover

Neil Leach

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1350438758 ISBN 13: 9781350438750

Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts (UK), 2025

Synopsis

Updated to cover the latest cutting-edge developments in the field and now in full color, Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence introduces AI for designers and explores its seismic impact on the future of architecture and design.

From smart assistants and ChatGPT to ground-breaking diffusion models for image generation and 3D modelling – this fully-updated second edition examines all the latest new developments in the field, and examines their profound effects on architectural practice.

Highlighting current case-studies as well as near-future applications, it explores the how AI transforms every part of the process from the inspiration and the brief to detailed performance- and data-driven design. This new edition also sheds light on key ethical and professional debates – including regulations, copyright, and the very future of creativity and of the profession itself.

Written by one of the world’s leading experts in the field, this book is a must-read for all architects and designers wishing to stay at the forefront of AI developments in architecture.

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About the Author

Neil Leach is an architect and theorist. He teaches at Florida International University, USA, the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Tongji University, China. He has also taught at many other leading schools of architecture, including the Architectural Association, UK and Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, USA; he is a member of the European Academy and has been a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Fellow. He has published over 30 books on architecture and digital design, translated into six languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts (UK)
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350438758
• ISBN 13: 9781350438750
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336