Are We Digital? The Computerization of Architecture

2019-02-05T12:29:00-05:00

The U.S. Census confirms it: as of 2016, 89 percent of American households own a computer. According to the report, this represents an 81 percent increase from 1984, the year of Apple’s now-famous Super Bowl ad and the release of their first Macintosh. The numbers are pretty clear. Seeing as most daily tasks require some interaction with software, from banking to setting your alarm, it makes sense for households to own at least one whirring box of circuit boards.

Less clear, however, is what exactly constitutes a “home computer.”

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Are We Digital? The Computerization of Architecture