Images: A Picture Book of Architecture (Architecture in Focus S.)

Ruby, Andreas, Ilka Ruby Philip Ursprung u. a.:

ISBN 10: 3791331337 / ISBN 13: 9783791331331

Published by Prestel, 2004

About this Item

160 Seiten; 9783791331331.3 Gewicht in Gramm: 3.

Seller Inventory # 1070814

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Images: A Picture Book of Architecture (Architecture in Focus S.)
• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3791331337
• ISBN 13: 9783791331331
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 3 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Varia

About this title

Synopsis

In this exciting, large-format volume, hundreds of photographs and illustrations document a major shift from the building as structure to the building as image.

This exploration of the use and significance of two-dimensional images in contemporary architecture looks at the works of major designers such as Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas, MVRDV, and Sauerbruch & Hutton. It shows how certain architectural principles such as color and ornament––which nearly disappeared in modern twentieth century architecture––are making a strong comeback. Drawing connections to the rise of globalization and current media trends, this examination uses an abundance of thematically arranged photographs to illustrate what is unmistakably a major contemporary development in architecture.

About the Author

Ilka Ruby is an architect who works as a graphic designer, editor, and writer. Andreas Ruby is an architectural critic and consultant, who teaches architectural theory and design at Kassel University. Philip Ursprung is a professor of Contemporary Art History at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.