ABSTRACT
The last decades of the 20th century saw architectural representation once again in the process of redefinition (Lipstadt 1989). Architectural practices had to continually evaluate the benefits of using digital technology against the costs of doing so. The demands and pressures of an increasingly commercial world, to create architecture quickly, at less cost, meant that the speed and flexibility of CAD and Virtual Reality were considered increasingly advantageous when compared with the more traditional techniques of drawing, painting and models. New technology was becoming more accessible and sophisticated, and some architects’ offices were exclusively computer-based.
