Ornament: The Politics of Architecture and Subjectivity (Hardcover, 2)

Introduction: Architecture as Ornament? 009

Chapter 1: A Problematic Return 017

The Ornamental Revival in Contemporary Architecture 019

Textures, Patterns and Topology: A Different Ornament 027

The Subjective and the Political 047

Chapter 2: Ornament and Subjectivity 059

The Visage of Architecture 060

The Architect between Rules and Invention  062

Artists, Craftsmen and the Fabrication of Ornament 073

From Clients to Passer-By 082

Industrialisation and the Ornamental Impulse 090

The Ghost of ornament 097

Chapter 3: Politics of Ornament 103

From Economics to Politics 103

Communication and Style 106

The Power of Architectural Décor 122

Chapter 4: Reinventing the Meaning of Ornament 129

A New Architectural Subject 129

Political Uncertainties 144

Meaning and Symbols 145

Bibliography 157

Index 163

Picture Credits 167