Images: A Picture Book of Architecture

Ilka Ruby, Andreas Ruby,

ISBN 10: 3791331337 / ISBN 13: 9783791331331

Published by Prestel Publishing October 2004, 2004

About this Item

This exploration of the use and significance of two-dimensional images in contemporary architecture looks at the works of major designers, including Zaha Hadid, Herzog &de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas, MVRDV, and Sauerbruch &Hutton, among others. 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. Open copy with mild/noticeable wear, top of spine has mild damage, intact binding, scuffing/wear on front/back covers as well as inner front/back covers, clean pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Images: A Picture Book of Architecture
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing October 2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3791331337
• ISBN 13: 9783791331331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used - Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture - Theory

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.