Lost Architectures - Couverture souple

Spiller, Neil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0471495352 ISBN 13 : 9780471495352

Editeur : Wiley-Academy, 2001

Synopsis

This book stands in opposition to the popular notion that the best architecture is built on compromise. Rather, Neil Spiller argues, the most original and brave products of the architectural mind are often to be found in those projects which, for whatever reason, never came to fruition. Lost Architectures presents an array of such projects from the last decades of the twentieth century, consituting the unrealised dreams of some of the most inspirational architects working in the period. Most of the projects featured here have seldom, if ever, been published before, and some represent the last hand-drawn work of their creators before the age of the computer finally came into full force. Whilst they do not follow any specific style, these projects embody a spirit defined by Spiller as New Romanticism - a spirit which combines elements of aesthetic decadence and a certain camp mannerism with a love of angularity and mechanised ritual. Some of the architects in question are still in practice, with a great deal of high-profile built work behind them; others have never been recognised as they perhaps should have been. In both cases, this book is an invaluable resource of information and inspiration for students of architecture, as well as for theorists, historians and lay readers. It provides essential exposure for a range of work of great vitality which might otherwise risk being lost in the course of time.

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À propos de l'auteur

NEIL SPILLER is a practising architect and Director of the Diploma/M/Arch (Architecture) course at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London. He lectures around the world and his work has been exhibited and published worldwide. He is the author of the monograph, Maverick Deviations (Wiley-Academy, 1999), as well as co-author with Peter Cook of The Power of Contemporary Architecture (Wiley-Academy, 1999), and has collaborated on several issues of the journal Architectural Design, co-editing Architects in Cyberspace (1995) and editing Integrating Archtecture (1996) and Architects in Cyberspace II (1998).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Academy
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471495352
• ISBN 13: 9780471495352
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible