TY  - BOOK
AU  - Picon,Antoine
TI  - Ornament: the politics of architecture and subjectivity 
T2  - AD primers
SN  - 9781118587539
AV  - NA3320 .P53 2013eb
U1  - 729 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom
PB  - Wiley, A John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Publication
KW  - Decoration and ornament, Architectural
KW  - Symbolism in architecture
KW  - Architectural design
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Architecture and society
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Architecture, Modern
KW  - Ornements (arts décoratifs)
KW  - ram
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Détails
KW  - ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161) and index; 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; mc
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118658321
ER  -