Archigram engl.Ausgabe

by Peter Cook, Dennis Crompton

"In late 1960, in various flats in Hampstead, a loose group of people started to to criticize projects, to concoct letters to the press, to combine to make competition projects, and generally prop one another up against the boredom of working in a London architectural office. It became obvious that some publication would help. The main British magazines did not at that time publish student work, so that Archigram was reacting to this as well as the general sterility of the scene. The title came from a notion of a more urgent and simple item than a journal, like a 'telegram' or 'aerogramme,' hence 'archi(tecture)-gram.'...By this time Peter Cook, David Greene, and Mike Webb, in making a broadsheet, had started a new Group."Thus begins Archigram, a chronicle of the work of a group of young British architects that became the most influential architecture movement of the 1960s, as told by the members themselves. It includes material published in early issues of their journal, as well as numerous texts, poems, comics, photocollages, drawings, and fantastical architecture projects. Work presented includes Instant City, pod living, the Features Monte Carlo entertainment center, Blow-out Village, and the Cushicle personalized enclosure. Archigram's influence continues direct descendants of the group's work include Lebbeus Woods, Neil Denari, Takasaki Masaharu, and Morphosis.This title is a facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1972, with a new introduction by Michael Webb.

Genres: Architecture, Art, Design, Nonfiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

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Reviews

[Charlie Belch · Rating 4 out of 5]

i didn’t read this book, the images are what i wanted, but the story i did read about was how one of the allies of studio-vista london had told a Japanese gentlemen, posh with a thick accent, that the studio would be open only if one of the directors had their windows open. they where closed at the time - so naturally this guy was like not my problem bro and he turned out to be a main investor..

[Troy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the architecture of my dreams: Architecture From a Future That Never Happened. Wonderful idealistic stuff that forms dreams and futuristic Hollywood movies. I wish more contemporary architects were trying to think this outlandish, and this big.

[Minardi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This would be 5 stars if the photos weren't all black and white. Walking cities rule.

[Jeff Jackson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too bad all the illustrations are poorly reproduced in black-and-white.