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Colours : Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Norman Foster, Alessandro Mendini

by Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Alessandro Mendini, Gerhard Mack

This compendium features 90 colours used in contemporary architecture and product design, including applications for structures, facades, and interiors. It examines how colour is utilised within modern, post-modern, and deconstructive architectural movements.

Accession 6764 ISBN 3764365692 Publisher Birkhäuser (Firm)
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