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<p>Once condemned by Modernism and compared to a ‘crime’ by Adolf Loos, ornament has made a spectacular return in contemporary architecture. This is typified by the works of well-known architects such as Herzog & de Meuron, Sauerbruch Hutton, Farshid Moussavi Architecture and OMA. There is no doubt that these new ornamental tendencies are inseparable from innovations in computer technology. The proliferation of developments in design software has enabled architects to experiment afresh with text

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Picon, Antoine(Author)
Publisher
Wiley, A John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Publication
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9781119965947
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Architecture, Art
Updated
2026-03-24

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