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Antoine Picon - Ornament: The Politics of Architecture and Subjectivity - 9781119965954 - V9781119965954
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Ornament: The Politics of Architecture and Subjectivity

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Description for Ornament: The Politics of Architecture and Subjectivity Paperback. Over the last decade or so, the widespread adoption of digital techniques have greatly expanded the possibilities of applying ornament in design. As well as looking at the c topic of ornament, the book reflects on what is currently happening in the light of current theoretical and historical research. Series: Architectural Design Primer. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 169 x 10. Weight in Grams: 426.

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, Antoine Picon argues that some significant traits in ornament persist from earlier Western architectural ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Architectural Design Primer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781119965954
SKU
V9781119965954
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Antoine Picon
Antoine Picon is the G Ware Travelstead Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology and Co-Director of Doctoral Programs at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). He is also Director of Research at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris. He has published numerous books and articles mostly dealing with the complementary histories of architecture, science and technology, among ... Read more

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