The Tale of Tomorrow: Utopian Architecture in the Modernist Realm

Robert Klanten, Sofia Borges

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The retro-futuristic epoch is one of the most visually spectacular in architecture’s history. The utopian buildings of the 1960s and 1970s never go out of style. This book compiles radical ideas, rediscovered photos, and visionary structures.

Driven by idealistic visions, utopian architecture aimed to overcome social divisions and political strife, to put us in touch with nature, and to enable us to live humane, healthy lives. For half a century, it was both hope and inspiration.

The Tale of Tomorrow surveys this diverse twentieth century phenomenon, featuring renowned works like The House of the Century or the TWA terminal, as well as lesser-known masterpieces, and profiling major thinkers such as Oscar Niemeyer, Le Corbusier, and Eero Saarinen. By digging through archives, corresponding with descendants of departed architects, and restoring photographs, the collection of utopian approaches herein maintains a visual power and infectious optimism.Looking at past dreams, The Tale of Tomorrow is a call to reclaim our future.

Podrobnosti

Autor	Robert Klanten Sofia Borges
Vydavatel	Gestalten
Jazyk	anglicky
Vazba	pevná
Počet stran	400
Formát	24,5 × 33 cm
EAN	9783899555707
Rok vydání	2016
Edice	Dějiny architektury Současná architektura