Architectures of the Technopolis : Archigram and the British High Tech
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1848226314
ISBN-13
9781848226319
Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Imprint
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 16th, 2023
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
1,038 grams
Dimensions
19.90 x 25.70 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Architecture: professional practiceHistory of architecture
Ksh 9,000.00
Werezi Extended Catalogue
Delivery in 14 days
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 14 days
Secure
Quality
Fast
Comparing the work of Archigram and High-Tech architects thematically, this book explores the historical and cultural context of London to reveal their influences and interconnections and why two such radical groups emerged from a seemingly conservative city. This book examines the relationships between the work of Archigram and that of the British High-Tech architects, groups that were based in London and developing in the 1960s and 70s. While one group consisted of academics and artists known for their humour and eccentricity and the other were a group of deadly serious architects emerging to international proliference, this book argues that they shared uncannily similar impulses. There is the self-evident commonality of language: overblown machines, kits-of-parts of pieces and components, and a disintegration of building as object in favour of the constituent elements. Underlying both movements is a mutual, undying optimism in technological process and technological expression. Set within the rich history and culture of London, the book makes its comparisons by exploring central shared ideas: utopia, engineering, theatricality, infrastructure and narrative, and the iconography of war machinery.
Get Architectures of the Technopolis by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd and it has pages.