Picon, Antoine creator author. text bibliography History. Electronic books. Electronic books. enk 2013 monographic eng

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1 online resource (168 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). 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. Introduction : Architecture as ornament? -- A problematic return : The ornamental revival in contemporary architecture ; Textures, patterns and topology: a different ornament ; The subjective and the political -- Ornament and subjectivity : The visage of architecture ; The architect, between rules and inventions ; Artists, craftsmen and the fabrication of ornament -- From clients to passers-by -- Industrialism and the ornamental impulse ; The ghost of ornament -- Politics of ornament : From economics to politics ; Communication and style ; The power of architectural décor -- Reinventing the meaning of ornament : A new architectural subject ; Political uncertainties ; Meaning and symbols. Antoine Picon. Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161) and index. Decoration and ornament, Architectural Symbolism in architecture Architectural design Data processing Architecture Psychological aspects Architecture and society History 21st century Architecture, Modern 21st century Ornements (arts décoratifs) Architecture Philosophie Histoire Architecture Détails ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General Architectural design Data processing Architecture Psychological aspects Decoration and ornament, Architectural Symbolism in architecture NA3320 .P53 2013eb 729 Picon, Antoine, author. (DLC) 2013387180 (OCoLC)824725790 9781118587539 1118587537 9781118658321 1118658329 9781118588239 1118588231 9781118588246 111858824X 1306841151 9781306841153 615366 MIL 20E81AD2-21D4-44B5-9CB7-64A6F45F2B7B OverDrive, Inc. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118658321 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118658321 N$T 140609 20171030094407.0 ocn881183448 eng