Keynote Papers -- Digitally Sponsored Convergence of Design Education, Research and Practice -- Space, Time, Mind -- Constructing Complexity -- Virtual Heritage, Reconstruction and Histories -- Labyrinthine Digital Histories -- A 3D Model of the Inner City of Beijing -- A Method Proposed for Adoption of Digital Technology in Architectural Heritage Documentation -- From Architectural Intent to Physical Model -- Interactive Visualization of Large-Scale Architectural Models over the Grid -- Digital Design, Representation and Visualization -- Townscaping: Development of Dynamic Virtual City Augmented 3D Sketch Design Tools -- Towards a Virtual Reality Tool for Lighting -- A Visual Landscape Assessment Approach for High-density Urban Development -- Architectural Cinematographer: An Initial Approach to Experiential Design in Virtual Worlds -- Virtual Environments in Design and Evaluation -- Do We Need CAD during Conceptual Design? -- Contemporary Digital Techniques in the Early Stages of Design -- Optimizing Architectural Layout Design via Mixed Integer Programming -- Design Methods, Process and Creativity -- Examining Learning in Multiple Settings -- Using Historical Know-how to Model Design References -- Semantic Roomobjects for Conceptual Design Support -- Shared Design Space -- Knowledge Based Design and Generative Systems -- Generation of Apparently Irregular Truss Structures -- Dynamic Designs of 3D Virtual Worlds Using Generative Design Agents -- Using Cellular Automata to Generate High-Density Building Form -- Dynamic Generative Modelling System for Urban and Regional Design -- Turning the Design Process Downside-up -- Human-machine Interaction: Connecting the Physical and the Virtual -- iSphere -- Learning Design with Digital Sketching -- Simulating Human Behaviour in Built Environments -- Resolving some Ambiguities in Real-time Design Drawing Recognition by means of a Decision Tree for Agents -- Sketching with Digital Pen and Paper -- Mindstage: Towards a Functional Virtual Architecture -- Advanced Ubiquitous Media for Interactive Space -- Hands Free -- Responsive Sensate Environments: Past and Future Directions -- Form and Fabric: Computer Integrated Construction and Manufacturing -- The Redefinition of Ornament -- Wood Frame Grammar -- Transformations on Parametric Design Models -- Building Information Modelling and Construction Management -- Spatial Reasoning for Building Model Reconstruction Based on Sensed Object Location Information -- Construction Analysis during the Design Process -- A Software Architecture for Self-updating Life-cycle Building Models -- Multidisciplinary Design in Virtual Worlds -- Linking Education, Research and Practice -- A Multi-Disciplinary Design Studio using a Shared IFC Building Model -- Case Studies of Web-Based Collaborative Design -- Interdisciplinary Knowledge Modelling for Free-Form Design - An Educational Experiment.

The book contains the proceedings of the 11th CAAD Futures conference which took place at Vienna University of Technology, June 20-22, 2005. The papers in this book cover a wide range of subjects and provide an excellent overview of the state-of-the-art in research on Computer Aided Architectural Design. The following categories of articles are included: - Building information modelling and construction management; - Design methods, process and creativity; - Digital design, representation and visualization; - Form and fabric: Computer integrated construction and manufacturing; - Human-machine interaction design: Connecting the physical and the virtual; - Knowledge based design and generative systems; - Linking education, research and practice; - Virtual heritage, reconstruction and histories. Information on the CAAD Futures Foundation and its conferences can be found at: http://www.caadfutures.org. Information about the 2005 Conference and this book is available from: http://info.tuwien.ac.at/cf2005.