Main entry:

Rykwert, Joseph, 1926-2024

Title & Author:

The necessity of artifice : ideas in architecture / Joseph Rykwert.

Publication:

London : Academy Editions, 1982.

Description:

143 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Meaning and building -- The modern movement in Italian architecture -- The sitting position : a question of method -- The Corinthian order -- The dark side of the Bauhaus -- Two houses by Eileen Gray -- The necessity of artifice -- The Nefarious influence on modern architecture of the Neo-classical architects Boullée and Durand -- Adolf Loots : the new vision -- The 15th triennale -- Art as things seen -- One way of thinking about a house -- Two-dimensional art for two-dimensional man : on Klein and Manzoni -- Ornament is no crime -- Learning from the street -- Lodoli on function and representation -- Semper and the conception of style -- The purpose of ceremonies.
Also issued online.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

084780402X
9780847804023
0856705934
9780856705939
0856707619
9780856707612

Subject:

Symbolism in architecture.
Communication in architectural design.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Symbolisme en architecture.
Communication en design architectural.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux.
architectural ornament.
Architektur
Architekturtheorie
Geschichte
Aufsatzsammlung
Geschichte (1900-1980)
Architectural design

Form/genre:

Art.
Aufsatzsammlung.
works of art.
Œuvres d'art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 26729
Call No.: 9523; ID:88-B12733
Status: Available