Ornament : the politics of architecture and subjectivity /

• Main Author: Picon, Antoine (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, A John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Publication, [2013]
• Series: AD primers.
• Subjects: 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; History.; Electronic books.

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 i...

Table of Contents:

• 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.