Ceramics Books and Magazines

Creators: Farshid Moussavi, Michael Kubo
Publisher: Actar
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

6 reviews
Sales Rank: 47202

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 6.8 x 0.7

ISBN: 8496540502
Dewey Decimal Number: 729
EAN: 9788496540507

Publication Date: January 15, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Architecture needs mechanisms that allow it to become connected to culture. It achieves this by continually capturing the forces that shape society as material to work with. Architecture's materiality is therefore a composite one, made up of visible forces (structural, functional, physical) as well as invisible forces (cultural, political, temporal). Architecture progresses through new concepts that connect with these forces, manifesting itself in new aesthetic compositions and affects. Ornament is the by-product of this process, through which architectural material is organized to transmit unique affects. This book is a graphic guide to ornaments in the twentieth century. It unveils the function of ornament as the agent for specific affects, dismantling the idea that ornament is applied to buildings as a discrete or non-essential entity. Each case operates through greater or lesser depth to exploit specific synergies between the exterior and the interior, constructing an internal order between ornament and material. These internal orders produce expressions that are contemporary, yet whose affects are resilient in time.

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4 out of 5 stars

My review is September 3, 2008
this book is very useful, there you can see how ornament isn't only a fake, but it also is connected with many forces.......
8 of 10

1 out of 5 stars

Limited view June 5, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

The title suggests that this book is about architectural ornament, but it really covers only an extremely limited, and not particularly interesting, part of that rich topic.

5 out of 5 stars

Function of Ornament May 4, 2008
THis book is very helpful for a studio that focus' on facade elements and how to express identity. Has lots of precedent studies and is full of inspiration for designing your own facade systems. It is mostly line drawings with some text where needed. I think it is a very well put together book and I definitely recommend it to any architecture student who is studying facade systems.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Case Studies February 8, 2008
Beautiful and useful; as a Professor of Architecture I will be recommending this volume to all of my students.

1 out of 5 stars

Just for student, not for a professional December 2, 2007
1 out of 8 found this review helpful

Diagrams are looking good,but all lack of real professional structural analysis. Just good enough for students and good initial approach.
But I am really worry about some miss-understanding of facade structure by unclear student's language & non-experienced peoeple's analysis

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