Raaij, Michiel van, author.

Building as ornament : iconography in contemporary architecture / Michiel van Raaij ; translation, Charles Frink.

Rotterdam : Nai010 Publishers, [2014]

237 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

"The ornament is back in architecture, but now on the scale of the building as a whole. One letter out of the alphabet, a pile of pebbles or a national emblem - the diversity of forms the new architecture can take seems infinite. In this book, Michiel van Raaij, in ten interviews, investigates how this new architecture emerged in the late 1990s and how it developed at the start of the twenty-first century. A new generation of architects sees the design of the upscaled ornament as an inextricable element of their practice. What are their motivations? How do they place their ideas in the tradition of their age-old profession? Michiel van Raaij argues that the design of the ornament, the iconography of the building, is bound by certain rules. A successful ornament represents a virtue and clarifies the function, status, construction, organization and context of the building."--Back cover.

9462080445 (paperback)
9789462080447 (paperback)

Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architectural design.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Design architectural.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux.
architectural ornament.
Architecture, Modern.
Architektur
Bauform
Baugestaltung
Ornament
Ästhetik

Interviews.

Frink, Charles (Translator), translator.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 286925
Cote: BIB 227475
Statut: Disponible