BOOK REVIEW adhar talati 3302.pdf

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