Main entry:

McLachlan, Fiona, 1958- author.

Title & Author:

Colour beyond the surface : art in architecture / Fiona McLachlan.

Publication:

London : Lund Humphries, 2022.
©2022

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (chieflly colour) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-187) and index.
1. Introduction -- Part I. The architecture. 2. Surface tensions -- 3. Architects as spatial painters -- Part II. The artwork. 4. Pictorial space -- 5. Ethereal material -- 6. The artists' perspective -- Part III. Constructing the inseparable. 7. Collaborative practices -- 8. Constructing the inseparable: A house for Essex: The philosopher, the artist, the architect and the public -- 9. Reflections on art in architecture.

Summary:

"The book discusses the role of art in architecture with a particular focus on colour and the dynamic relationships between light, form, material surface, space and movement. Drawing on historical examples to establish recurring themes, it examines the work of artists (including Tess Jaray, Mark Titchner, Toby Paterson, Sinta Tantra, Jason Bruges and Morag Myerscough) and architects whose use of colour is informed by artistic practice (such as Bolles + Wilson). It explores successful collaborations where a symbiotic relationship between art and architecture is firmly established, such as between Antoni Malinowski and Haworth Tompkins; Bruce McLean and Will Alsop; Eric Parry with Richard Deacon; Herzog & de Meuron with Michael Craig-Martin; Grayson Perry with FAT Architecture/Charles Holland: A House for Essex. Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated, it is divided into three main sections: the first focusing on architecture, the second on the artworks and the final section on collaboration. Throughout, it bridges time, insightfully comparing historic artworks and spaces with contemporary ones, addressing key questions such as 'if an artwork is self-sufficient, how is this accommodated within an architectural setting without compromising both?' and setting out examples of what does and doesn't work."-- Page 4 of cover.

Biographical note:

Fiona McLachlan is an architect and Professor of Architectural Practice at the University of Edinburgh.

ISBN:

9781848225701 hardcover
1848225709 hardcover

Subject:

Color in architecture.
Art and architecture.
Color in interior decoration.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Architecture Themes, motives.
Couleur en architecture.
Art et architecture.
Couleur en décoration intérieure.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux.
Architecture Thèmes, motifs.
architectural ornament.
Art in interior decoration
Architecture and Planning.

Added entries:

Color beyond the surface
Art in architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317980
Call No.: 317980
Copy: 1
Status: Available