Archigram: The Book second edition-9781911422495

描述

• Comprehensive documentation of Archigram’s iconic works
• Contributions from all Archigram members, and essays by critics writing then and now
• Now in a reduced-format edition

Through­out the 1960s and ear­ly 1970s, Archi­gram 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, infra­struc­tur­al 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. This book, now in a revised edi­tion, cat­a­logues Archigram’s entire oeu­vre over four­teen years, includ­ing Archi­gram mag­a­zine. Along with com­men­taries by the archi­tects, there are con­tri­bu­tions from crit­ics Reyn­er Ban­ham, Mar­tin Paw­ley, Michael Sorkin and oth­ers, writ­ing then and now. Designed and edit­ed by Archi­gram mem­ber Den­nis Cromp­ton, Archi­gram: The Book is a land­mark in archi­tec­tur­al publishing.

War­ren Chalk (1927−88), Peter Cook (1936-), Den­nis Cromp­ton (1935-2025), Ron Her­ron (1930−94), David Greene (1937-) and Michael Webb (1937-) are the founder mem­bers of Archi­gram. Their the­o­ret­i­cal work began in the 1960s as a cry against ​‘the crap then going up in Lon­don’. Although they nev­er built a build­ing togeth­er, their influ­ence over a gen­er­a­tion of archi­tects con­tin­ues to be felt today. The group was award­ed the RIBA Roy­al Gold Medal in 2002.

CONTENTS

006 Needs No Introduction
008 Archigram The Magazine
010 Archigram 1
018 Archigram 2
036 Archigram 3
068 Archigram 4
094 The Plug-in City
096 Archigram 5
122 Archigram 6
142 A Clip-on Architecture
146 Archigram 7
180 Archigram 8
208 Archigram 9
258 Archigram Opera
262 Death By Architecture
276 Archigram 9 1/2
293 In Memoriam Archigram
295 Archigram Projects
299 Index
300 Acknowledgments

作者簡介
Warren Chalk, Peter Cook, Dennis Crompton, Ron Herron, David Greene and Michael Webb are the founder members of Archigram. Their theoretical work began in the 1960s as a cry against ‘the crap then going up in London’. Although they never built a building together, their influence over a generation of architects continues to be felt today. The group was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 2002. Reyner Banham was one of the leading architectural commentators in the decades when Archigram was active, and the author of Megastucture (1976), which featured their work. Martin Pawley documented the architectural scene in London from the 1970s onwards from the perspective of a restless insider. His writing about Archigram is incisive and colorful. Michael Sorkin was an architect and urbanist whose practice spanned design, planning, criticism, and teaching. His books include Exquisite Corpse: Writing on Buildings (1991).