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Archetypes features a recent series by Canadian artist David K. Ross, who works at the interface of photography, film, and installation. His images of architectural mock-ups, staged at night with dramatic lighting that isolates structures from their surroundings, demonstrate how these objects have become a charged form of proto-architecture. They also change how we view the practice of architecture by documenting and framing unseen aspects of its emergence. Built at full scale, these architectural fragments--to be removed from construction sites as buildings near completion--ensure that a project can be executed exactly to design, and they provide clients with a simulation of a building that leaves little space for speculation. The task of mock-up documentation is usually left to architects and contractors, who take quick snapshots for their reference during site visits. Archetypes is the first-ever photographic compilation of this type, reaching beyond a mere artistic record of building technologies and typologies. Instead, the book offers an effective platform to consider what it means to pre-construct fragments of buildings in all their complexity. Published alongside Ross's images are four essays framing the historical, technological, and civic significance of the mock-up. Archetypes offers an intellectual and aesthetic reference for a wide range of audiences from professionals in architecture to anyone interested in photography and art, or fascinated by arcane aspects of building construction.

Photographie d'architecture --- Maquettes (architecture) --- Architecture et arts --- 2000-.... --- Ross, David K. (1966-....) --- Art --- photographs --- installations [visual works] --- mock-ups --- architecture [object genre] --- Ross, David K. --- Architectural photography --- Architectural models --- Photography, Artistic --- Buildings --- Models, Architectural --- Architectural casts --- Artists' preparatory studies --- Communication in architectural design --- Miniature objects --- Models and modelmaking --- Photography, Architectural --- Photography of architecture --- Photography of buildings --- Photography --- Models --- Artistic photography --- Photography, Pictorial --- Pictorial photography --- Aesthetics --- 692.2 --- 692.2 Walls. Partitions --- Walls. Partitions --- Maquette --- Photographie