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Item Details
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THE ARTICULATE SURFACE
ORNAMENT AND TECHNOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE |
| By: |
Ben Pell, Andreas Hild, Alejandro Zaera-Polo |
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Hardback |
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£80.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3034602219 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783034602211 |
| Publisher: |
BIRKHAUSER |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Description: |
A systematic and structured presentation of new parametric design and digital production technologies, resulting types of ornament, finishing methods and application strategies, illustrated by 40 built examples. |
| Synopsis: |
Ornament is currently acquiring a renewed status through the articulation of the architectural surface, offering a means to explore the interactions between function and decoration, volume and surface, structure and envelope. This book gives a systematic account of the technologies employed in the production of ornament and the strategies of its application today, examining a range of international built examples. |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student |
| Illustrations: |
70 black & white illustrations, 180 colour illustrations, 70 schw.-w. u. |
| Publication: |
Switzerland |
| Imprint: |
Birkhauser Verlag AG |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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