Colour Beyond the Surface: Art in Architecture

Colour Beyond the Surface: Art in Architecture

By Fiona McLachlan

£49.99

Publication Date: 8th September 2022

  • The contemporary case studies reveal invaluable insights from interviews with the architects and artists, which address the challenges and opportunities of integrating art into architecture
  • Based on over ten years' research, the contemporary studies are set alongside and compared with a rich range of beautiful historic precedents from Roman villas to C20th modernism
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 and architects whose use of colour is informed by artistic practice. 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 an... Read More
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  • The contemporary case studies reveal invaluable insights from interviews with the architects and artists, which address the challenges and opportunities of integrating art into architecture
  • Based on over ten years' research, the contemporary studies are set alongside and compared with a rich range of beautiful historic precedents from Roman villas to C20th modernism
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 and architects whose use of colour is informed by artistic practice. 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 an... Read More
Description
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 and architects whose use of colour is informed by artistic practice. 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.
Details
  • Pages: 192
  • Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
  • Publication Date: 8th September 2022
  • Trim Size: 19 x 25 cm
  • Illustration Note: Includes 141 colour illustrations
  • ISBN: 9781848225701
Author Bio
Fiona McLachlan is an architect and Professor of Architectural Practice at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape - Architecture (ESALA).
Table of Contents
1. Introduction. Section 1: The Architecture. 2. Surface Tensions; 3. Architects as Spatial Painters. Section 2: The Artwork. 4. Pictorial Space 5. Ethereal Material: Colour, Light and Material Surface. 6. The Artists’ Perspective. 7. Collaborative Practices. 8. Constructing the inseparable: A House for Essex. 9. Reflections on Art in Architecture. Notes. Bibliography
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 and architects whose use of colour is informed by artistic practice. 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.
  • Pages: 192
  • Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
  • Publication Date: 8th September 2022
  • Trim Size: 19 x 25 cm
  • Illustrations Note: Includes 141 colour illustrations
  • ISBN: 9781848225701
Fiona McLachlan is an architect and Professor of Architectural Practice at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape - Architecture (ESALA).
1. Introduction. Section 1: The Architecture. 2. Surface Tensions; 3. Architects as Spatial Painters. Section 2: The Artwork. 4. Pictorial Space 5. Ethereal Material: Colour, Light and Material Surface. 6. The Artists’ Perspective. 7. Collaborative Practices. 8. Constructing the inseparable: A House for Essex. 9. Reflections on Art in Architecture. Notes. Bibliography