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Digital fabrication could affect everything from lighting fixtures to heating systems.
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Digital fabrication is blurring the line between design and building. Three projects reveal its potential—and a few growing pains.
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Cambridge Architectural, Cambridge, Mass., manufactures its metal mesh in these steps.
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Citadel Architectural Products Inc. has introduced its Envelope 2000 D-RV, a deep-reveal attachment system that combines shop-fabricated and field-assembled methods.
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A University of Michigan research group has revisited the 19th century technique of bending wood through steam with 21st century tools.
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The surface of PLY Architecture's Shadow Pavilion consists of 100-plus laser-cut cones that test the limits of sheet aluminum while funneling in light, moisture, and sound.
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The Arcair-Matic N6000 Metal-Removal System from Thermadyne Industries is suited for metal fabrication, particularly in weld joint preparation where it is used to prepare uniform “U” or “J” grooves.
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Barkow Leibinger Architects use 2D and 3D cutting and casting technology to create a huge cantilevered roof for the Gatehouse building on Trumpf's campus.
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James Vincent Czajka creates a 144-square-foot glass connector between two buildings at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York.
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Andrew Zago reclaims a piece of run-down Detroit to create a colorful, cartoonish coffee bar for the youth of the city.