{"title":"John Ronan","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Ronan's works invite readers into unique explorations of creativity and perception within the world of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. His writing often blurs the boundaries between the everyday and the extraordinary, encouraging deeper reflection on the nuances of artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles like \u003cstrong\u003eOut of the Ordinary\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ronan offers thought-provoking insights that challenge conventional views. His collections are well-suited for those who appreciate literature that blends imaginative storytelling with cultural commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"out-of-the-ordinary-by-john-ronan-9781638409786","title":"Out of the Ordinary","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis publication on the work of John Ronan Architects explores the firm's spatial-material approach to architecture and the underlying themes of its typologically diverse output.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOut of the Ordinary\u003c\/em\u003e introduces a different approach to architecture based on spatial narrative rather than form and influenced by literature rather than appropriations from the world of art. It advocates for architecture which privileges space over form, experience over image, and narrative over authorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn previous decades, architectural production was constrained by the limits of technology; architects pushed on the boundaries imposed by technology and it gave them common purpose. Those limits are gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the preceding two decades, it has been demonstrated that with enough technology (and money) anything is possible. What does an architect do when anything is possible? This is the question which confronts architects today, who now operate within a professional landscape where all is possible, but little has meaning. The \"anything goes\" mentality which currently prevails has resulted in innumerable self-referential \"object\" buildings which engage only with their architect's ego, often resulting in an urban fabric of autonomous formal objects comprised of arbitrarily-applied design tropes which celebrate formal invention for its own sake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut what do architects leave society once the novelty of form has worn off? In this architectural age of arbitrary shape-making, devoid of context or meaning, \u003cem\u003eOut of the Ordinary\u003c\/em\u003e proposes an architecture of innovation rising from ordinary concerns, about relationships not form, which exposes new spatial relationships with diagrammatic clarity in a process of distillation that seeks to lay bare meaningful relationships between essential building elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597471793388,"sku":"9781638409786","price":115.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ff155a2933498db99afb5dc339e5818d.jpg?v=1777958861"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/john-ronan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}