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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
January 9, 2003
Pages
144
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780195156331
ISBN-10
0195156331
Dimensions
0.50 by 5 by 7 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
One of the nation's foremost experts on architecture discusses the role of style in the 'language' of the discipline, and shows how Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Allan Greenberg, and others are influenced by it.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: What is style in architecture? "Style is like a feather in a woman's hat, nothing more," said Le Corbusier, expressing most modern architects' low regard for the subject. But Witold Rybczynski disagrees, and in The Look of Architecture, he makes a compelling case for the importance of style to the mother of the arts.
This is a book brimming with sharp observations--that form does not follow function; that the best architecture is not timeless but precisely of its time; that details do not merely complement the architecture--details are the architecture. But the heart of the book illuminates the connection between architecture, interior decoration, and fashion. Style is the language of architecture, Rybczynski writes, and fashion represents the wide and swirling cultural currents that shape and direct that language. The two--style and fashion--are intimately linked; indeed, architecture cannot escape fashion. To set these ideas in sharp relief, he shows us how style and fashion have been expressed in the work of major architects including Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Charles McKim, Allan Greenberg, Robert Venturi, Enrique Norten, and many others. He helps us see their works anew and ultimately to look afresh at our surroundings.
Style is one of the enduring--and endearing--aspects of architecture, Rybczynski concludes. Furthermore, an architecture that recognizes the importance of style would not be as introspective and self-referential as are so many contemporary buildings. It would be part of the world: Not architecture for architects, but for the rest of us.
This is a book brimming with sharp observations--that form does not follow function; that the best architecture is not timeless but precisely of its time; that details do not merely complement the architecture--details are the architecture. But the heart of the book illuminates the connection between architecture, interior decoration, and fashion. Style is the language of architecture, Rybczynski writes, and fashion represents the wide and swirling cultural currents that shape and direct that language. The two--style and fashion--are intimately linked; indeed, architecture cannot escape fashion. To set these ideas in sharp relief, he shows us how style and fashion have been expressed in the work of major architects including Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Charles McKim, Allan Greenberg, Robert Venturi, Enrique Norten, and many others. He helps us see their works anew and ultimately to look afresh at our surroundings.
Style is one of the enduring--and endearing--aspects of architecture, Rybczynski concludes. Furthermore, an architecture that recognizes the importance of style would not be as introspective and self-referential as are so many contemporary buildings. It would be part of the world: Not architecture for architects, but for the rest of us.
Editions
Hardcover
from Oxford Univ Pr (June 14, 2001)
9780195134438 | details & prices | 130 pages | 5.25 × 7.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $25.00
About: One of the nation's foremost experts on architecture discusses the role of style in the 'language' of the discipline, and shows how Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Allan Greenberg, and others are influenced by it.
About: One of the nation's foremost experts on architecture discusses the role of style in the 'language' of the discipline, and shows how Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Allan Greenberg, and others are influenced by it.
Paperback
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from Oxford Univ Pr (January 9, 2003)
9780195156331 | details & prices | 144 pages | 5.00 × 7.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $14.95
About: One of the nation's foremost experts on architecture discusses the role of style in the 'language' of the discipline, and shows how Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Allan Greenberg, and others are influenced by it.
About: One of the nation's foremost experts on architecture discusses the role of style in the 'language' of the discipline, and shows how Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Allan Greenberg, and others are influenced by it.
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