Images: A Picture Book of Architecture

Ruby, Ilka; Ruby, Andreas; Ursprung, Philip

ISBN 10: 3791331337 / ISBN 13: 9783791331331

Verlag: Prestel, Munich, 2004

Beschreibung

160 p.: illustrations; 30 x 35 cm. Illustrated cover with embossed cover title. Part of the Architecture in Focus series. Documents "the major shift from the building as a structure to the buildings as an image." -- back cover. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 010058

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Images: A Picture Book of Architecture
• Verlag: Prestel, Munich
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3791331337
• ISBN-13: 9783791331331
• Bindung: Hardcover
• Zustand: Fine
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Architecture

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

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, 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 developement in architecture.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.