The Function of Ornament Tapa blanda - 2006

Listed in Hill's 'Buildings in Print: 100 influential and inspiring illustrated architecture books', 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. The book looks at recently built buildings and their use of: cladding; screens and screening; surface pattern; colour; light to add ornament. The drawings in this book are entirely the work and interpretation of students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. 189 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

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ACTAR, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2008-05-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!