Movement

Blobitecture

1995–
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A digital-age tendency, named after Greg Lynn's 1995 'blob architecture' experiments, producing curved, organic, amoeba-like building forms generated through computer-aided design, NURBS surfaces and metaball modelling.

Fantasy Ephemerality

Details

Origin
United States

Classifications

Holder
Individual
Source of authority
Reason
Subject
Human centred
Degree of codification
Highly codified
Mode of transmission
Digital model
Knowledge type
Propositional
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophical

Referenced by

Sources

  1. Greg Lynn. Animate Form. Princeton Architectural Press, 1999.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Blobitecture." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/blobitecture/. Accessed July 17, 2026.