Design Instruments of Service in the Era of Connection.

The move towards digital connectivity demands a major rethink of processes, professional obligations and value propositions in architecture. Here, Phillip G Bernstein - architect, educator, technologist, and a vice-president of Autodesk, Inc - examines how digital modelling is destroying the barriers between design and execution. He considers what impact this has on liabilities and copyright, and investigates the possibilities for architects and builders to be financially rewarded for the performance promises that the new technology makes possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]