The Function of Ornament
by edited by Farshid Moussavi and Michael Kubo ; with drawings byJ. Seth Hoffman, Joshua Dannenberg, Raha Talebi and Fred Holt
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 8496540502
- ISBN 13
- 9788496540507
- Seller
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Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Springhead Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015516
- Title
- The Function of Ornament
- Author
- edited by Farshid Moussavi and Michael Kubo ; with drawings byJ. Seth Hoffman, Joshua Dannenberg, Raha Talebi and Fred Holt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 8496540502
- ISBN 13
- 9788496540507
- Publisher
- Actar
- Place of Publication
- Barcelona
- Date Published
- 2008
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