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Future City Jane Alison

Future City By Jane Alison

Future City by Jane Alison


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From extraordinary houses and incredible towers, to fantasy cityscapes and inhabitable sculptures, this work showcases the radical and experimental architecture. Featuring seminal and influential works by some sixty architects, it provides a resource for contemporary architectural and urban development and innovation in the third millennium.

Future City Summary

Future City: Experiment and Utopia in Architecture by Jane Alison

From extraordinary houses and incredible towers, to fantasy cityscapes and inhabitable sculptures, Future City showcases the most radical and experimental architecture to have emerged in the past fifty years. Featuring hundreds of seminal and influential works by some sixty architects, this ambitious publication provides an indispensable resource for contemporary architectural and urban development and innovation in the third millennium.

About Jane Alison

Jane Alison is Head of Visual Arts at the Barbican, London. Marie-Ange Brayer is director of the Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain du Centre (FRAC) in Orleans, France.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Jane Alison * The Spirit of Experimentation by Marie-Ange Brayer * Non-standard Orders: `nsa codes' by Frederic Migayrou * New Babylon * New Urban Habitat * Organic City * Inflatable City Megastructure * The Oblique City * The Metabolists * Radical Architecture in Italy * The Delirious Metropolis * Concept City Deconstruction * Machine Architecture * Urban Intervention Experimental Living * Non-standard architecture * Contemporary Process * Architects and Works

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GOR009449653
9780500286517
0500286515
Future City: Experiment and Utopia in Architecture by Jane Alison
Used - Like New
Paperback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
20070122
336
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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