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Architecture --- Architecture --- Architecture --- Modularity (Engineering)

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Refinement and enrichment of surfaces in stone, wood and plaster isa fundamental aspect of early modern architecture which has beenmarginalised by architectural history. EnrichingArchitecture aims to retrieve and rehabilitate surfaceachievement as a vital element of early modern buildings in Britainand Ireland. Rejected by modernism, demeaned by the conceptual'turn' and too often reduced to its representative or socialfunctions, we argue for the historical legitimacy of creative craftskill as a primary agent in architectural production. However, incontrast to the connoisseurial and developmental perspectives ofthe past, this book is concerned with how surfaces were designed,achieved and experienced. The contributors draw upon the majorrethinking of craft and materials within the wider cultural spherein recent years to deconstruct traditional, oppositional ways ofthinking about architectural production. This is not a craft forcraft's sake argument but an effort to embed the tangible findingsof conservation and curatorial research within an evidence-ledarchitectural history that illuminates the processes of earlymodern craftsmanship. The book explores broad themes of surfacetreatment such as wainscot, rustication, plasterwork, and staircaseembellishment together with chapters focused on virtuoso buildingsand set pieces which illuminate these themes.

Architecture --- History.