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041			_aeng
082			_a720.105 _bLEA
100			_aLeatherbarrow, David
245			_aSurface Architecture _c/ David Leatherbarrow And Mohsen Mostafavi.
260			_aCambridge _bMit Press _cc2002
300			_a264 p. _b: ill. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aBib and Ref
520			_aVisually, many contemporary buildings either reflect their systems of production or recollect earlier styles and motifs. This division between production and representation is in some ways an extension of that between modernity and tradition. In this book David Leatherbarrow and Mohsen Mostafavi explore ways design can take advantage of production methods so that architecture neither ignores nor is dominated by technology." "Leatherbarrow and Mostafavi begin with the theoretical and practical isolation of the building surface as the subject of architectural design. The autonomy of the surface, the modernist "free facade," presumed a distinction between the structural and nonstructural elements of the building, between the frame and the cladding. Once the skin of the building became independent of its structure, it could just as well hang like a curtain, or like clothing. But the properties of a building's surface - whether made of concrete, metal, glass, or other materials - are not merely superficial; they construct the spatial effects by which architecture communicates. Through its surfaces a building declares both its autonomy and its participation in its surroundings." "The focus of the relationship between structure and skin is the architectural surface. In tracing the handling of this surface, the authors examine both contemporary buildings and those of the recent past. Architects discussed include Albert Kahn, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Alison and Peter Smithson, Alejandro de la Sota, Robert Venturi, and Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.
650			_aArchitecture, Modern
700			_aMostafavi, Mohsen
942			_cREF
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