Essay

Nothing new on architectural detailing

Architectural detail - small-scale perfection - is an aesthetic concept.

When does an aesthetic concept become a cultural issue?when it goes beyond the intellectual or when we talk about Japanese architecture.

When did the issue of architectural detailing emerge in Europe?

In the late 19th century, after some architects came back from Japan.

When did the quality of detailing enter the consciousness of European architecture?

In the interwar period, when detail became a concept of modernism.

When did modernism become a cultural issue?

The architectural detail - perfection at small scale -is an aesthetic concept.When an aesthetic concept becomes a cultural issue?

When it surpasses the intellectual framewrok or when we are talking about Japanese architecture?

When appeared in Europe the question of architectural detail?

At the end of the 19th century, after the return from Japan of some architects.

When the detail quality entered into the European architectural conscience?

Between wars, when the detail turned into a concept of modernism.

When modernism became a cultural issue?

Read the full essay in issue 2 / 2011 of Arhitectura Magazine.