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Illuminating quality in architectural reveals

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Medium: journal article
Language(s): English
Published in: arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, , n. 3-4, v. 13
Page(s): 231-239
DOI: 10.1017/s1359135510000084
Abstract:

Traditionally, architecture mediates joints with mouldings whose qualities describe, like a human face, their character. In contrast, modern architecture uses a reveal or shadow to mark joints. This ubiquitous yet overlooked modern shadow has slipped between the cracks of architectural theory. Is the modern reveal, distained and beloved by architects, the sign of a building without quality?

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