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Over the last decade or so, the widespread adoption of digital techniques have greatly expanded the possibilities of applying ornament in design. As well as looking at the c topic of ornament, the book reflects on what is currently happening in the light of current theoretical and historical research. The author is a theorist and historian who also has a deep knowledge of the effects that digital culture has on architecture his most recent book deals with this set of issues. A historical perspective is often necessary to understand the potential for change of the present. He asks whether we may be on the verge of a radical redefinition of the relation between architecture and politics based on the emergence of a new relation between subjectivity and ornament.
Contents
IntroductionProblematic Return 017 The Ornamental Revival in Contemporary Architecture 019 Textures, Patterns and Topology: A Different Ornament 027 The Subjective and the Political 047 Chapter 2: Ornament and Subjectivity 059 The Visage of Architecture 060 The Architect between Rules and Invention 062 Artists, Craftsmen and the Fabrication of Ornament 073 From Clients to Passer-By 082 Industrialisation and the Ornamental Impulse 090 The Ghost of ornament 097 Chapter 3: Politics of Ornament 103 From Economics to Politics 103 Communication and Style 106 The Power of Architectural Decor 122 Chapter 4: Reinventing the Meaning of Ornament 129 A New Architectural Subject 129 Political Uncertainties 144 Meaning and Symbols 145 Bibliography 157 Index 163 Picture Credits 167
