ABSTRACT
Postindustrial-era architecture differs from that of the Machine-Age past. This is primarily true because of our transition from mechanical explanations about the world to a more organic and systems basis of understanding. This transition has also redefined our meaning of value as well as the scope of interactions we recognize in our approaches to projects. Evolutions in our social conditions, technology, and our ideas about value have shifted radically. New tools, techniques, materials, and systems have been developed. Furthermore, the users, institutions, and functions of buildings have been altered. To examine postindustrial change, architecture must be reconsidered and the opportunities and threats that the profession faces must be recognized.
