Last Futures - Nature, Technology and the End of Architecture
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8,99 €
| Verlag | Verso |
| Auflage | 2022 |
| Seiten | 240 |
| Format | 13,0 x 2,0 x 20,0 cm |
| Trade Paperback | |
| Gewicht | 194 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781781689820 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78168982UA |
In the late 1960s the world was faced with impending disaster: the height of the Cold War, the end of oil, and the decline of great cities throughout the world. Out of this crisis came a new generation of thinkers, designers and engineers who hoped to build a better future, influenced by visions of geodesic domes, walking cities, and a meaningful connection with nature. In this brilliant work of cultural history, architect Douglas Murphy traces the lost archeology of the present-day through the works of thinkers and designers such as Buckminster Fuller, the ecological pioneer Stewart Brand, the Archigram architects who envisioned the Plug-In City in the '60s, as well as co-operatives in Vienna, communes in the Californian desert, and protesters on the streets of Paris. In this mind-bending account of the last avant garde, we see not just the source of our current problems but also some powerful alternative futures.
