iconographic architecture


	iconographic architecture

syncopath

10-30-2007 1:12 PM

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iconography. architecture, irony, reason, aesthetics

syncopath says:

worth checking. probably one of the best architecture websites.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3da58a08-d281-4e00-bb55-b56fb07f5617/AE5755AC-3666-49C9-A42F-93F05B6BF505/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.eikongraphia.com/?p=786" href="http://www.eikongraphia.com/?p=786" style="font-size: 11px;">www.eikongraphia.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eikongraphia.com/?p=786"><H1>Chinese Hat, by Shigeru Ban</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eikongraphia.com/?p=786"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.eikongraphia.com/img/68A31817-D598-4482-8D2C-FED0E3150A46" alt="Shigeru Ban - Centre Pompidou Metz" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eikongraphia.com/?p=786"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.eikongraphia.com/img/7DF5DBC4-2393-46B1-BE2A-F4A603C03438" alt="Chinese Hat" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eikongraphia.com/?p=786">the amount iconographic projects that are being announced this year is unprecedented in architectural history –the presentation of the used iconographies change. The trend seems to focus the association of the public by presenting the image of reference</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.eikongraphia.com/?p=786">At the presentation of the <A href="http://www.centrepompidou-metz.com/site/en/nav/lieu-surprises">Centre Pompidou Metz</A> this week the image of the applied iconography was provided. 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