Overview
Ornament is back--not as detail adorning a façade, but in the body of entire structures, producing buildings in the shape of letters, a heap of pebbles or a national emblem. In Building as Ornament, Michiel van Raaij investigates how this new tendency in architecture emerged in the late 1990s and how it has developed at the start of the twenty-first century, through interviews with ten leading architects, among them Adriaan Geuze, Michiel Riedijk, Winy Maas, Steven Holl and Bjarke Ingels. This generation of architects sees the design of the 'upscaled' ornament as an inextricable element of their practice. What are their motivations? How do they orient their ideas in the tradition of their profession? Michiel van Raaij argues that ""the new ornament"" is bound by certain rules: successful ornament represents a virtue and clarifies the function, status, construction, organization and context of the building.
Full Product Details
Author: Michiel van Raaij
Publisher: Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers)
Imprint: NAI Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 12.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 20.00cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9789462080447
ISBN 10: 9462080445
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 12 December 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Van Raaij 's writing is more inquistive and playful than dry, and the 10 interviews he conducted with Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, Steven Holl, Bjarke Ingels and Winy Maas of MVRDV, among others, are published in their raw form. This small volume is a great start to a conversation about many things. including whether buildings designed to wow will have lasting power.--Catherine Osborne Azure
In his book Building as Ornament: Iconography in Contemporary Architecture, Michiel van Raajj, who is the editor in chief of the online architecture platform Architectenweb, interviews 10 well-known architects and architectural historians to reveal how this attitude has changed since the 1990s.Van Raajji's book signals a shift in the use of ornament, from an add-on to an intergral part and purpose of the design.--Tracy Metz Architectural Record
Van Raaij 's writing is more inquistive and playful than dry, and the 10 interviews he conducted with Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, Steven Holl, Bjarke Ingels and Winy Maas of MVRDV, among others, are published in their raw form. This small volume is a great start to a conversation about many things. including whether buildings designed to wow will have lasting power.--Catherine Osborne Azure (09/01/2014)
