'In late 1960, in various flats in Hampstead, a loose group of people started to meet: 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 unabated: 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.
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Vendeur : Quinto Bookshop, London, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 1972. Hardback in dust jacket. 144pp. Publisher's bright orange cloth boards stamped in silver to spine. The slightest rubbing to board edges; spine ends a little bruised. A near fine copy. In a very good dust jacket with a design by Diana Jowsey. A few short tears and chips to edges; tape repair to reverse. Very minor loss to head of spine and corner tips. *** Lavishly illustrated monograph on Archigram, an influential British architectural collective formed in London in 1961, known for its radical, futuristic ideas and striking graphic work, as represented in the magazine the group was named after, Archigram (1961-174). Though many of their projects were never built, Archigram had a huge influence on experimental architecture, pop culture and the development of postmodern architectural thinking. N° de réf. du vendeur 900953
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