Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (272 pages)
Ausgabe:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350204409
Inhalt:
"What is a "detail" in architecture? The concept of detail has long played an important role in the discourse and practice of architects, but the meaning of the term has been understood in radically different ways. For many, "detail" is synonymous with "construction detail," the smallest scale at which a building is typically designed. In popular sources, "detail" means "ornament", while others argue that they are categorically different things. Some architects have claimed detail as an essential bearer of architectural meaning, while others have aspired to create architecture with no details at all -- if such a thing is even possible. Detailing Worlds is the first book to examine how the complex and manifold meanings of our contemporary understanding of architectural detail came to be. It tells the story of the evolution of an architectural concept from the term's origins in the 18th century to the present day, examining five different "worlds" of practice -- the academic, technician, student, engineer, and architect -- to show how each of these different contexts conditioned the emergence of new understandings of detail. Detailing Worlds will appeal to historians of architectural practice and to designers too, for its insights on contemporary modes of thinking and speaking about the practice of building design today."--
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5040/9781350204409
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