Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern Imagination - Softcover

Spiller, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500286558 ISBN 13: 9780500286555

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

Architects have been drawing for centuries on their creative abilities to produce astonishing works of imagination, but the greatest period of experimentation has been from the Second World War to the present. This book, newly available in paperback, is a highly acclaimed survey of the breathtakingly visionary and experimental architecture of this period. With its copious illustrations and analyses of the early, radical work of many of today's most important architects, as well as seminal work of earlier practitioners, it is a complete resource for students and professionals and the authoritative source on a subject of essential interest for all in the world of architecture.

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Review

'Any red-blooded architect or fan of architecture must get this one ... passionate ... a document of our times' --Peter Cook, The Architectural Review

'A pleasing object ... beautifully illustrated and well designed ... a poke in the eye to banal architecture' --The Architects' Journal

'A seriously cool book ... a very useful resource ... anyone who loves modern buildings will appreciate all this building has to offer'
--The Glasgow Herald

About the Author

Neil Spiller is Hawksmoor Chair of Architecture and Landscape and Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Greenwich, London. He is the author of Visionary Architecture and Digital Architecture Now. His architectural design work and research has been widely published and exhibited worldwide.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0500286558
• ISBN 13: 9780500286555
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272