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Archigram: The Book

Archigram: The Book

Cook, Peter
Crompton, Dennis
Greene, David

Hardcover

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ISBN10: 1911422499
ISBN13: 9781911422495
Publisher: Circa
Published: Feb 1 2025
Pages: 312
Weight: 4.36
Height: 1.27 Width: 9.30 Depth: 11.70
Language: English
A comprehensive monograph on Archigram - the renowned avant-garde design collective, who in the 1960s and '70s envisioned a new architectural reality through a series of iconic, hypothetical projects.

Archigram comprised Warren Chalk (1927-88), Peter Cook (1936-), Dennis Crompton (1935-), David Greene (1937-), Ron Herron (1930-94), and Michael Webb (1937-). Together they envisioned the future of architecture in ways that enthralled a generation. In an era defined by the space race, they developed a 'high-tech', lightweight, infra-structural approach that stretched far beyond known technologies or contemporary realities. They devised autonomous dwellings and focused on survival technology; they experimented with megastructures and modular construction systems; they explored mobility through the environment, and the use of portable living capsules: all through the medium of an incredible series of drawings and models. Archigram's influence has been profound and enduring. They gave the high-tech movement its impetus; they inspired architects such as Renzo Piano and Norman Foster; and they laid the ground for the design of buildings such as the Pompidou Centre. Edited and designed by Archigram member Dennis Crompton, this book catalogues Archigram's activities over fourteen years, together with commentaries by the architects and critics writing then and now.

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