Ornament : the politics of architecture and subjectivity / Antoine Picon ; Miriam Swift, project editor ; Calver Lezama, assistant editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Picon, Antoine, author.

Contributor:

Swift, Miriam, editor.

Lezama, Calver, editor.

Series:

AD primers.

AD Primers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

Symbolism in architecture.

Architectural design--Data processing.

Architectural design.

Architecture--Psychological aspects.

Architecture.

Architecture and society--History--21st century.

Architecture and society.

Architecture, Modern--21st century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, [England] : Wiley, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Once condemned by Modernism and compared to a 'crime' by Adolf Loos, ornament has made a spectacular return in contemporary architecture. This is typified by the works of well-known architects such as Herzog & de Meuron, Sauerbruch Hutton, Farshid Moussavi Architecture and OMA. There is no doubt that these new ornamental tendencies are inseparable from innovations in computer technology. The proliferation of developments in design software has enabled architects to experiment afresh with texture, colour, pattern and topology. Though inextricably linked with digital tools and culture, Ant

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction: Architecture as Ornament?; References; Chapter 1: A Problematic Return; The Ornamental Revival in Contemporary Architecture; Textures, Patterns and Topology: A Different Ornament; The Subjective and the Political; References; Chapter 2: Ornament and Subjectivity; The Visage of Architecture; The Architect, between Rules and Invention; Artists, Craftsmen and the Fabrication of Ornament; From Clients to Passers-By; Industrialisation and the Ornamental Impulse; The Ghost of Ornament; References

Chapter 3: Politics of OrnamentFrom Economics to Politics; Communication and Style; The Power of Architectural Décor; References; Chapter 4: Reinventing the Meaning of Ornament; A New Architectural Subject; Political Uncertainties; Meaning and Symbols; References; Bibliography; Index; Picture Credits; EULA

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118658321

1118658329

9781118588246

111858824X

9781118587539

1118587537

OCLC:

881416193