Function of the ornament, The

Grain fica guide on twentieth-century ornamentation. It presents the function of ornamentation as the means to convey specific sensations, undoing the idea that ornament does not apply to buildings with a differentiated and non-essential entity. Projects by Bertrand Goldberg, Kisho Kurakawa, Norman Foster, Toyo ITO, Herzog & De Meuron, MVDRV are shown.

189 p.: ill., photo, b/w., plans and sections, 23x18 cm, paperback