Visionary Architecture : Blueprints of the Modern Imagination by Neil Spiller book DOC, FB2, PDF
9780500342268 English 0500342261 "Since the Second World War, technology has caught up with our imagination: there are few buildings today that can be envisioned but not built. For the past six decades, architects have created an astonishing range of design ideas, architectural constructs and urban utopias that have influenced - and continue to influence - generations of architects. Once cast off as 'paper architects', such practitioners as Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman and Zaha Hadid, whose works were often considered too experimental or controversial to construct, are creating cultural 'icons' the world over." "The definitive history of visionary and experimental architecture since 1945, Visionary Architecture contains three essential sections: an eleven-chapter thematic overview of the most important and far-reaching work produced in the last sixty years; a survey of some of the most exciting practices working today, particularly in the digital realm, shown through case studies in each chapter, such as Diller+Scofidio, Asymptote, Morphosis and NOX; and an illustrated glossary of ideas, movements, people and terms." "The book's three components - narrative, case studies, glossary - offer a complete resource for students and professionals and will become the authoritative source on a subject of essential interest for all in the world of architecture, building and construction."--BOOK JACKET., A complete and authoritative resource for professionals and students on a subject of essential interest for all in the world of architecture. The design of imaginary, conceptual, or radical buildings is as old as the practice of architecture itself. For centuries architects have drawn on their creative abilities to produce breathtaking works of architectural imagination. At no period has the investigation of new spatial forms been as rich as from the Second World War to the present. With such historical precursors as Piranesi and Ledoux, and, in the twentieth century, Melnikov, Sant'Elia, and others, architects have created an astonishing range of architectural constructs and urban utopias that have influenced generations of architects. This publication contains three parts: a thematic overview of the most important and far-reaching work created since 1945; a survey of contemporary visionary architecture, particularly in the digital realm; and an illustrated lexicon of ideas, movements, people, and terms. The early, unbuilt world of many of today's most important architects--Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Bernard Tschumi--is represented alongside the seminal work of earlier practitioners, such as Archigram, Archizoom, and Buckminster Fuller. Recent work is explored in case studies of contemporary visionaries, including Diller+Scofidio, Asymptote, Morphosis, and NOX. 500 illustrations, 250 in color., Architects have been drawing for centuries on their creative abilities to produce astonishing works of imagination, but the greatest period of experimentation has been from the Second World War to the present. This book, the first survey of the breathtakingly visionary and experimental architecture of this period, illustrates and analyses the early, radical work of many of today's most important architects as well as seminal work of earlier practitioners.
9780500342268 English 0500342261 "Since the Second World War, technology has caught up with our imagination: there are few buildings today that can be envisioned but not built. For the past six decades, architects have created an astonishing range of design ideas, architectural constructs and urban utopias that have influenced - and continue to influence - generations of architects. Once cast off as 'paper architects', such practitioners as Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman and Zaha Hadid, whose works were often considered too experimental or controversial to construct, are creating cultural 'icons' the world over." "The definitive history of visionary and experimental architecture since 1945, Visionary Architecture contains three essential sections: an eleven-chapter thematic overview of the most important and far-reaching work produced in the last sixty years; a survey of some of the most exciting practices working today, particularly in the digital realm, shown through case studies in each chapter, such as Diller+Scofidio, Asymptote, Morphosis and NOX; and an illustrated glossary of ideas, movements, people and terms." "The book's three components - narrative, case studies, glossary - offer a complete resource for students and professionals and will become the authoritative source on a subject of essential interest for all in the world of architecture, building and construction."--BOOK JACKET., A complete and authoritative resource for professionals and students on a subject of essential interest for all in the world of architecture. The design of imaginary, conceptual, or radical buildings is as old as the practice of architecture itself. For centuries architects have drawn on their creative abilities to produce breathtaking works of architectural imagination. At no period has the investigation of new spatial forms been as rich as from the Second World War to the present. With such historical precursors as Piranesi and Ledoux, and, in the twentieth century, Melnikov, Sant'Elia, and others, architects have created an astonishing range of architectural constructs and urban utopias that have influenced generations of architects. This publication contains three parts: a thematic overview of the most important and far-reaching work created since 1945; a survey of contemporary visionary architecture, particularly in the digital realm; and an illustrated lexicon of ideas, movements, people, and terms. The early, unbuilt world of many of today's most important architects--Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Bernard Tschumi--is represented alongside the seminal work of earlier practitioners, such as Archigram, Archizoom, and Buckminster Fuller. Recent work is explored in case studies of contemporary visionaries, including Diller+Scofidio, Asymptote, Morphosis, and NOX. 500 illustrations, 250 in color., Architects have been drawing for centuries on their creative abilities to produce astonishing works of imagination, but the greatest period of experimentation has been from the Second World War to the present. This book, the first survey of the breathtakingly visionary and experimental architecture of this period, illustrates and analyses the early, radical work of many of today's most important architects as well as seminal work of earlier practitioners.