Description
Book SynopsisOver 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 ContentsIntroduction: 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
