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Mute Icons: and Other Dichotomies in the Real in Architecture Paperback – July 27, 2021

by Spina Marcelo (Author), Huljich Georgina (Author), Constance Vale (Author)

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Mute Icons challenges fixed aesthetic notions of beauty in architecture as both, disciplinary discourse and a spatial practice within the public realm, by intersecting historic antecedents and present instances within contemporary projects wherein indeterminacy, monolithicity and defamiliarization play a speculative role in constructing withdrawn, irritant and yet engaging architectural images.

No longer concerned with narrative excesses or with the "shock and awe" of sensation making; the mute icon becomes intriguing in its deceptive indifference towards context, perplexing in its unmitigated apathy towards the body. Object and building, absolute and unstable, anticipated and strange, manifest and withdrawn, such is the dichotomy of mute icons. Dwelling in the paradox between silence and sign and aiming to debunk a false dichotomy between critical discourse, a pursuit of formal novelty and the attainment of social ethics, “Mute Icons” reaffirms the cultural need and socio-political relevance of the architectural image, suggesting a much-needed resolution to the present but incorrect antagonism between formal innovation, social responsibility and economic austerity. Intersecting relevant historical antecedents and polemic theoretical speculations with original design concepts and provocative representations of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S recent work, the book aspires to stimulate authentic speculations on the real.

Part history, part theory, and part monographic atlas, Mute Icons includes contributions by Georgina Huljich, Guillermo Martinez, Ciro Najle, Marco Spina, Brett Steele, and Constance Vale.

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"In Mute Icons, Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich mine precedents that span nearly 5,000 years, from Ancient Egypt to 2009, doing it in a way that renders them "familiar yet strange" and enables their analysis to be applied to the projects of their studio, PATTERNS. Put another way, in their hands historical precedents are very much relevant, something I find refreshing, and which makes this book appealing to me. The precedents comprise the first part of the three-part book, with the last part comprising a monograph of PATTERNS' projects and the second part serving as "a conceptual bridge" between the other two, directly showing how the precedents informed, or at least relate to, particular projects." --John Hill, A Daily Dose of Architecture

"Mute Icons, an oxymoronic title, is positioned to neither clearly communicate, nor be silent. The work argues for a radical redefinition of the icon, and therefore of the image in contemporary architecture, as a ‘cultural and social irritant’ that facilitates a critical postulation of varied readings of its image." -- Stir World

About the Author

Marcelo Spina, is a licensed Architect in Argentina and in the United States. He is one the principal of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S. He received his B.Arch from the National University of Rosario, Argentina [1994], and a M.Arch from Columbia University, New York [1997]. In New York, he worked for Reiser+Umemoto and Keller Easterling before starting on his own. Spina is a Design Faculty at SCI-Arc since 2001, and the coordinator of the Architectural Technologies Program. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Yale, Syracuse, Harvard, Berkeley, Vienna, Innsbruck, and Di Tella among others. He is the Co-Author of Embedded [ACDCU, 2010], Co-Editor of Material Beyond Materials [SCI-Arc 2012] and Co-Curator of “Matters of Sensation” at Artists Space [2008]. His work has been published and exhibited widely and Spina has given more than 70 lectures around the world.

Georgina Huljich is an architect and one the principals of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S. She received her B.Arch from the National University of Rosario, Argentina [2001], and a M.Arch from University of California, Los Angeles [2003]. Georgina has previously worked at the Guggenheim Museum, Dean/Wolf Architects in New York, and Morphosis in Los Angeles. Huljich is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture at UCLA and the Director of the Summer Program Institute. She has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Yale, UPenn and Syracuse, a Maybeck Fellow at UC Berkeley and a Visiting Critic at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She is the Co-Author of Embedded [ACDCU, 2010] and Co-Curator of “Matters of Sensation” at Artists Space [2008]. Her work has been widely published and exhibited around the world.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Actar
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 27, 2021
Edition ‏ : ‎ English
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 335 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1945150866
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1945150869
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.54 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches

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A.Loor
Incredible and original book on architecture
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2021
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Mute Icons is an in-depth analysis of architecture as Concepts, History, Discipline, Projects & Culture through the lens of PATTERNS. Beautiful and engaging!

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A.Loor

Incredible and original book on architecture

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2021
Mute Icons is an in-depth analysis of architecture as Concepts, History, Discipline, Projects & Culture through the lens of PATTERNS. Beautiful and engaging!

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zhuoxian
Highly recommended to everyone.
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2021
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The book is so much fun to read! It really allows the reader into the mindset of the authors and presents architecture from a different perspective. The book is full of historical examples, drawings, and images and is an important document to help make sense of architecture today. You don't need to be an academic or an architect to enjoy this book, it's written for a wide audience.

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Cheryl
An intriguing and enjoyable read!
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2021
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I've got a lot of great inspiration from this book. The same words/images yield new ideas/thoughts every time I re-read. It has very in-depth interpretation and unique angles of highly relevant topics of the architecture discourse. I also like the configuration of the contents, which allows me to easily start reading from any pages or to simply enjoy the beautiful images. Highly recommended!

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Douglas Hamilton
Thoughtfully designed
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2021
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Beautiful book and great size. Really love how all images, precedents and projects, are rendered uniquely for the book. For sure more than just a monograph.

FYI - It is actually a hardcover

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Douglas Hamilton

Thoughtfully designed

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2021
Beautiful book and great size. Really love how all images, precedents and projects, are rendered uniquely for the book. For sure more than just a monograph.

FYI - It is actually a hardcover

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Mason Radford
Great so far!
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2021
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I'm not in a position to offer a full review just yet, as I've just barely begun to tackle it. But so far, good insights and seems like a good read if you're interested in architectural history and theory.

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Great addition to the collection
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2021
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Mute Icons presents a provocative discourse speculating on the evolution of formal language into a new typology which aims to contradict social norms. Very well curated and overall a good read.

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Great addition to the collection

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2021
Mute Icons presents a provocative discourse speculating on the evolution of formal language into a new typology which aims to contradict social norms. Very well curated and overall a good read.

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A must buy
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2021
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It's a must buy.. for those who are interested to have a new perspective on architecture.

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Great addition to the bookshelf!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2021
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A unique mix of aesthetics, theory, and uncommon precedents.
A book that does not behave like a traditional monograph.

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Great addition to the bookshelf!!

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A unique mix of aesthetics, theory, and uncommon precedents.
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