The articulate surface : ornament and technology in contemporary architecture / Ben Pell ; with contributions by Andreas Hild, Sam Jacob, Alejandro Zaera-Polo.

Main entry:

Pell, Ben.

Title & Author:

The articulate surface : ornament and technology in contemporary architecture / Ben Pell ; with contributions by Andreas Hild, Sam Jacob, Alejandro Zaera-Polo.

Publication:

Description:

200 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 x 27 cm

Notes:
The articulate surface -- Applied -- Polygreen House -- Frog Queen -- Victoria University Online Training Center -- Eberswalde Technical School Library -- BFTS Sports Science Center -- Walch's Event Catering Center -- Utrecht University Library -- Perforated/cut -- Sfera Building -- Leaf Chapel -- Restaurant Aoba-Tei (AIP) -- Pachinko Tiger Kagitori (PTK) -- Hairywood -- André de Gouveia Residence -- de Young Museum -- Layered -- Surface as manifesto -- Airspace Tokyo -- Villa de Heerlijkheid -- John Lewis Department Store -- Louis Vuitton Hilton Plaza -- Dior Ginza -- Formed/cast -- Building thing mixing -- Business and fitness center -- Apartment building -- Mornington Center -- Facade refurbishment -- Sint Lucas Art Academy -- 40 Bond Street -- Atelier Bardill -- Chokkura Plaza -- Shin-Yatsushiro Monument -- Living Madrid -- Stacked/tiled -- Patterns and fabrics -- Spanish Pavilion, Expo 2005 -- Carabanchel social housing -- House in Aggstall -- Beijing National Aquatic Center (Water Cube) -- Gantenbein Vineyard facade -- Liberal Arts and Science College -- 290 Mulberry Street.

Summary:

Ornament is currently acquiring a new status in architecture. This book looks at the wealth of new possibilities of interaction between between function and decoration, volume and surface, and load-bearing structure and building skin.

ISBN:

9783034602211 (hbk.)
3034602219 (hbk.)
9783034602204
3034602200

Subject:

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Technological innovations.
Facades.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Innovations.
Façades.
architectural ornament.
façades.
House and Home.
Fassadengestaltung
Ornament
Utsmyckning och dekoration.
Arkitektur.
Tekniska innovationer.

Form/genre:

Bildband.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269431
Call No.: NA3487 .P4 2010
Status: Available

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