Author: Ralph Nicholson Wornum
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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The Ecologies of the Building Envelope
Author: Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Publisher: Actar D, Inc.
ISBN: 163840948X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Ecologies of the Envelope theorizes the building envelope as a literal embodiment of the social, political, technological, and economic contingencies which have become embedded within it over the last century, analyzing the historical lineages, heroes and villains that helped define the complex material ecologies we see within the envelope today. While the façade is one of the most thoroughly theorized elements of architecture, it is also one of the most questioned since the end of the 19th century. Within the discipline of architecture, the traditional understanding of the façade focuses primarily on semiotic and compositional operations (such as proportional laws and linguistic codes), which are deployed on the building's surface. In contrast to this, our material and environmental theory of the envelope proposes that the exponential development of building technologies since the mid-19th century, coupled with new techniques of management and regulation, have diminished the compositional and ornamental capacities of the envelope in favor of material, quantitative, and technical performances. Rather than producing a stylistic analysis of the façade, we investigate the historical lineages of the performances, components, assembly types, and material entanglements that constitute the contemporary building envelope.
Publisher: Actar D, Inc.
ISBN: 163840948X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Ecologies of the Envelope theorizes the building envelope as a literal embodiment of the social, political, technological, and economic contingencies which have become embedded within it over the last century, analyzing the historical lineages, heroes and villains that helped define the complex material ecologies we see within the envelope today. While the façade is one of the most thoroughly theorized elements of architecture, it is also one of the most questioned since the end of the 19th century. Within the discipline of architecture, the traditional understanding of the façade focuses primarily on semiotic and compositional operations (such as proportional laws and linguistic codes), which are deployed on the building's surface. In contrast to this, our material and environmental theory of the envelope proposes that the exponential development of building technologies since the mid-19th century, coupled with new techniques of management and regulation, have diminished the compositional and ornamental capacities of the envelope in favor of material, quantitative, and technical performances. Rather than producing a stylistic analysis of the façade, we investigate the historical lineages of the performances, components, assembly types, and material entanglements that constitute the contemporary building envelope.
The Epochs of Painting
Author: Ralph Nicholson Wornum
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Ancient Art and Its Remains
Author: Karl Otfried Müller
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Category : Art, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Ancient Art and its remains; or a Manual of the Archaeology of Art. Translated by J. Leitch
Author: Carl Otfried MUELLER
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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On Colour
Author: John Gardner Wilkinson
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Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Publisher:
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Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Blackwood's Magazine
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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On Colour and on the Necessity for a General Diffusion of Taste Among All Classes. With Remarks on Laying Out ... Geometrical Gardens ... Illustrated by ... Coloured Plates, Etc
Author: John Gardner Wilkinson
Publisher:
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Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Fine Art
Author: William Michael Rossetti
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Lectures on Painting
Author: James Barry
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Essays Contributed to Blackwood's Magazine
Author: John Eagles
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Category : Essays
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Publisher:
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Category : Essays
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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