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Book Synopsis
Over the last decade or so, the widespread adoption of digital techniques have greatly expanded the possibilities of applying ornament in design. As well as looking at the c topic of ornament, the book reflects on what is currently happening in the light of current theoretical and historical research.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Architecture as Ornament? 009

Chapter 1: A Problematic Return 017

The Ornamental Revival in Contemporary Architecture 019

Textures, Patterns and Topology: A Different Ornament 027

The Subjective and the Political 047

Chapter 2: Ornament and Subjectivity 059

The Visage of Architecture 060

The Architect, between Rules and Invention 062

Artists, Craftsmen and the Fabrication of Ornament 073

From Clients to Passers-By 082

Industrialisation and the Ornamental Impulse 090

The Ghost of Ornament 097

Chapter 3: Politics of Ornament 103

From Economics to Politics 103

Communication and Style 106

The Power of Architectural Décor 122

Chapter 4: Reinventing the Meaning of Ornament 129

A New Architectural Subject 129

Political Uncertainties 144

Meaning and Symbols 145

Bibliography 157

Index 163

Picture Credits 167

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 26 March 2013
      ISBN-13 9781119965954
      978-1119965954
      ISBN-10 1119965950
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      Architecture

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Over the last decade or so, the widespread adoption of digital techniques have greatly expanded the possibilities of applying ornament in design. As well as looking at the c topic of ornament, the book reflects on what is currently happening in the light of current theoretical and historical research.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Architecture as Ornament? 009

      Chapter 1: A Problematic Return 017

      The Ornamental Revival in Contemporary Architecture 019

      Textures, Patterns and Topology: A Different Ornament 027

      The Subjective and the Political 047

      Chapter 2: Ornament and Subjectivity 059

      The Visage of Architecture 060

      The Architect, between Rules and Invention 062

      Artists, Craftsmen and the Fabrication of Ornament 073

      From Clients to Passers-By 082

      Industrialisation and the Ornamental Impulse 090

      The Ghost of Ornament 097

      Chapter 3: Politics of Ornament 103

      From Economics to Politics 103

      Communication and Style 106

      The Power of Architectural Décor 122

      Chapter 4: Reinventing the Meaning of Ornament 129

      A New Architectural Subject 129

      Political Uncertainties 144

      Meaning and Symbols 145

      Bibliography 157

      Index 163

      Picture Credits 167

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