The Function of Ornament: Second Printing

The Function of Ornament: Second Printing
- Designed to work flawlessly with any of the headers that ARC carries.
- Made from 3/16 aluminum and drilled for use with angled motor mounts.
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.
Country USA
Brand Actar
Manufacturer Actar
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1
Color Satin Black
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781940291697
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Actar
Manufacturer	Actar
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	1
Color	Satin Black
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781940291697
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Function of Ornament: Second Printing

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