O projeto editorial de guias de arquitetura

Abstract

This study is of the editorial nature and graphic design of architectural guidebooks, which are publishing artifacts designed to transmit knowledge on the built heritage of a town/city or region, in order to understand how published information on architecture is organized and edited. The historical review shows that since the sixteenth century material was printed and circulated with a view to communicating information on the forms, uses, and beauty of buildings with a view to encouraging trips and voyages to view their architecture. The use of descriptive and analytical methods from the field of material culture enables an understanding of the singularities and similarities encountered in publications from Brazil and elsewhere produced between 1986 and 2020 included in the research corpus. Alongside the material qualities and the instrumental nature that mark this publishing genre, its purpose is identified as an actant, with architecture guidebooks participating in a network of social and cultural relations that are mediated by these artifacts.