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9781519498342 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 17, 2015, cover price $20.00
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9781119075592 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, October 19, 2015, cover price $45.00
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9782915542707 | Norma Edicions, September 21, 2015, cover price $45.00
9780517073636, titled "Words of Wisdom" | Outlet, April 1, 1992, cover price $4.99 | also contains Words of Wisdom
Once condemned by Modernism and compared to a âcrimeâ 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 traditions. These he defines as the âsubjectiveâ â the human interaction that ornament requires in both its production and its reception â and the political. Contrary to the message conveyed by the founding fathers of modern architecture, traditional ornament was not meant only for pleasure. It conveyed vital information about the designation of buildings as well as about the rank of their owners. As such, it participated in the expression of social values, hierarchies and order. By bringing previous traditions in ornament under scrutiny, Picon makes us question the political issues at stake in todayâs ornamental revival. What does it tell us about present-day culture? Why are we presently so fearful of meaning in architecture? Could it be that by steering so vehemently away from symbolism, contemporary architecture is evading any explicit contribution to collective values?
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9781119965947 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, June 4, 2013, cover price $115.00 | About this edition: Once condemned by Modernism and compared to a âcrimeâ by Adolf Loos, ornament has made a spectacular return in contemporary architecture.
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9781119965954 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, June 4, 2013, cover price $45.00
Product Description: The professions of architect and engineer, which had maintained very close links since the time of the Renaissance, became increasingly isolated from one another in France during the course of the eighteenth century, the 'Age of the Enlightenment'...read more
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9780521382533 | Cambridge Univ Pr, October 1, 1992, cover price $150.00
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9780521123693 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, January 7, 2010), cover price $69.99 | About this edition: The professions of architect and engineer, which had maintained very close links since the time of the Renaissance, became increasingly isolated from one another in France during the course of the eighteenth century, the 'Age of the Enlightenment'.
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9783034602617 | Birkhauser Architecture, June 29, 2010, cover price $62.95
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9783034602594 | Birkhauser Architecture, September 15, 2010, cover price $62.95
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9781568983653 | Princeton Architectural Pr, May 1, 2003, cover price $27.50
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9780892365807 | J Paul Getty Museum Pubns, October 12, 2000, cover price $55.00
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