Animate Form Book

Probably no other contemporary architect has created such a compelling and productive practice through the use of computer technology as Greg Lynn. Employing state of the art animation and special effects software, Lynn transforms space and form into highly plastic and flexible entities. He uses topological geometries to bend, twist, deform, and differentiate structure, challenging preconceived notions of architecture.

Animate Form is a book and interactive CD-ROM of recent architectural projects designed by Form, the office of Greg Lynn. The porjects documented in Animate Form explore the potential of time-based animation techniques to inform architectural design. Lynn's introduction provides a theoretical context for the experimental work that follows. Each project is subsequently explored in detail through text and full color graphics. The CD-ROM, packaged with the book, is an interactive hypertext environment that fully documents the design processes through three-dimensional renderings and animation sequences.