Ornament by Antoine Picon
Over the last decade or so, the widespread adoption of digital techniques have greatly expanded the possibilities of applying ornament in design. As well as looking at the c topic of ornament, the book reflects on what is currently happening in the light of current theoretical and historical research.Antoine Picon is the G Ware Travelstead Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology and Co-Director of Doctoral Programs at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). He is also Director of Research at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris. He has published numerous books and articles mostly dealing with the complementary histories of architecture, science and technology, among which are: French Architects and Engineers in the Age of Enlightenment (Cambridge University Press, 1992 and 2009), Claude Perrault (1613–1688) ou la curiosité d’un classique (Picard, 1988), L’Invention de l’Ingénieur Moderne, L’Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées 1747–1851 (Presses de l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 1992), La Ville Territoire des Cyborgs (L’Imprimeur, 1998), Les Saint-Simoniens: Raison, Imaginaire, et Utopie (Belin, 2002), and Digital Culture in Architecture: An Introduction for the Design Professions (Birkhäuser, 2010).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781119965954 |
| ISBN 10 | 1119965950 |
| Title | Ornament |
| Author | Antoine Picon |
| Series | Architectural Design Primer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Year published | 2013-03-26 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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