BOOK REVIEW adhar talati 3302.pdf
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On the Crawford Manor, such items are unthinkable. It would<br />
never be adorned with expensive materials, white stripes, or<br />
Renaissance compositions. The balconies in this structure that stick out<br />
from the façade are completely integrated into the building rather than<br />
tacked onto it. For the Crawford Manor, the building is understood not<br />
from the adornm of the facade, which is none existent, but from layers of<br />
meaning beyond that of simple facade detailing, the translation of the<br />
elements and their technology to form a building.<br />
The decorated shed is to be understood as signed. The precedent for<br />
this idea of signage is not a new one and can be traced back to some<br />
historical precedent but in modern architecture it is far more prevalent as<br />
a tool and a method of design. The low cost box with the huge sign is<br />
the ultimate expression of this concept and something very prevalent in<br />
building today. It is this idea that was the precedent for the Guild House<br />
and the large sign saying "Guild House" is its most literal interpretation.<br />
This idea of signage, which is something, that can be said to be in every<br />
building is the key to the study. When the sign is literal and spelled out<br />
either by letters or by bold ornaments, we end up with a decorated shed.<br />
On the other hand, when a building is subtly formed and interpreted by<br />
its overall composure, it is then that we have a duck. The question then<br />
gets posed as to which type of building method is the correct one, or<br />
better still which is the accepted one? These questions cannot be<br />
answered simply.