Ornament: The Politics of Architecture and Subjectivity

by Antoine Picon

Once condemned by Modernism and compared to a'crime' by Adolf Loos, ornament has made a spectacularreturn in contemporary architecture. This is typified by the worksof well-known architects such as Herzog & de Meuron, SauerbruchHutton, Farshid Moussavi Architecture and OMA. There is no doubtthat these new ornamental tendencies are inseparable frominnovations in computer technology. The proliferation ofdevelopments in design software has enabled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119965950
• ISBN13: 9781119965954
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 8.8"