MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012018334
003 DLC
005 20131210074315.0
008 120503s2012 nyua 000 0 eng
010 $a 2012018334
020 $a9781616890865 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
041 0 $aeng$ager
042 $apcc
043 $ae-uk-en
050 00 $aNA680$b.G85 2012
082 00 $a720.92/2$223
084 $aARC006000$2bisacsh
245 02 $aA guide to Archigram 1961-74 /$ccurated by Dennis Crompton ; organized by Archigram Archives.
250 $aSecond, revised edition.
260 $aNew York :$bPrinceton Architectural Press,$c[2012]
300 $a446 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c14 x 15 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
546 $aEnglish and German.
520 $a"In the decade of the Beatles and the moon landing, cybernetics and megacities, an ambitious group of young British architects burst on the scene with a bold manifesto for urban building. The Archigram group pioneered a playful brand of architecture that was visionary, utopian, and grounded in social need. Through a provocative series of publications and exhibitions, the avant-garde cooperative challenged an architectural establishment they felt had become reactionary and self-serving. They advocated a complete rethinking of the relationships between technology, society, and architecture, rightly predicting today's information revolution decades before it came to pass. A Guide to Archigram 1961-74 is a compact history showcasing the group's most interesting and influential schemes, from walking cities and plug-in universities to inflatable dwellings and free time nodes. This book, the most comprehensive guide to Archigram's voluminous output, collects the critical responses of the period, in addition to hundreds of drawings and photographs"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"A Guide to Archigram 1961-74 is a reprint of a dual-language (English-German) book on the history of the Archigram Group, which revolutionized architectural thinking in the 1960s. The group's members, Peter Cook, Ron Herron, Warren Chalk, Michael Webb, David Greene, and Dennis Crompton, proposed a manifesto for new urban building that focused on a high-tech, futuristic approach employing modular technology. This book traces the development of the group's ideas until the architects split to form individual design groups in the 1970s"--$cProvided by publisher.
630 00 $aArchigram.
650 0 $aArchitecture, Modern$y20th century.
610 20 $aArchigram (Group)
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aCrompton, Dennis,$eeditor of compilation.
710 2 $aArchigram (Group).$bArchives.