Dieser Band enthält eine Auswahl von geplanten Architekturprojekten der letzten 20 Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts, die eine wertvolle Bereicherung der Baukunst gewesen wären, wenn man sie verwirklicht hätte. Die meisten dieser Projekte wurden bislang nur vereinzelt oder gar nicht veröffentlicht; einige von ihnen sind die letzte handgezeichnete Arbeit ihrer Schöpfer, bevor der Computer diese Aufgabe übernahm. Obwohl bei den ausgewählten Projekten kein spezifischer Baustil zu erkennen ist, verkörpern sie dennoch den Geist des "New Romanticism".
This book stands in opposition to the popular notion that the best architecture is built on compromise. Rather, Neil Spiller argues, the most original and brave products of the architectural mind are often to be found in those projects which, for whatever reason, never came to fruition.
Lost Architectures presents an array of such projects from the last decades of the twentieth century, consituting the unrealised dreams of some of the most inspirational architects working in the period. Most of the projects featured here have seldom, if ever, been published before, and some represent the last hand-drawn work of their creators before the age of the computer finally came into full force. Whilst they do not follow any specific style, these projects embody a spirit defined by Spiller as New Romanticism - a spirit which combines elements of aesthetic decadence and a certain camp mannerism with a love of angularity and mechanised ritual.
Some of the architects in question are still in practice, with a great deal of high-profile built work behind them; others have never been recognised as they perhaps should have been. In both cases, this book is an invaluable resource of information and inspiration for students of architecture, as well as for theorists, historians and lay readers. It provides essential exposure for a range of work of great vitality which might otherwise risk being lost in the course of time.
LOST ARCHITECTURES: VISIONS OF SPLENDOUR.
Tuning the Device (A. Yeoman).
Techno-Rusticity (M. Wiltshire).
Thematic Discord (P. Wilson and A. Bolles-Wilson).
Appliance Landscapes (C. Brandt).
Maverick Deviations (N. Spiller).
Samite Semiotics (K. Rhowbotham).
Argon Cutting in the Industrial Wilderness (M. Prizeman).
Architectural Kinematics (N. Porter).
Vaults of Imagination (B. Nicholson).
Exquisite Precision (C. Lim).
Technological Emancipation (R. Herron and S. Herron).
Lyrical Mechanism (C. Hawley).
Things Worth Seeing (W. Firebrace).
New Mythologies for Urban Mechanisms (N. Denari).
Dynamic Heterogeneity (Decq and Cornette).
Thoughts at the Datum of Understanding (J. Crettaz).
Arcadian Architecture (P. Cook).
Industrial Baroque (N. Coates and NATØ).
Particles and Sedimentality (R. Bunschoten).
Tomorrow's Think Tank Today (A. Birds).
Catalytic Iconoclasm (Alsop and Lyall).
Making the Invisible Visible (A. Hall and M. Morris).
Liquid Landscapes (J. Adams).
This book stands in opposition to the popular notion that the best architecture is built on compromise. Rather, Neil Spiller argues, the most original and brave products of the architectural mind are often to be found in those projects which, for whatever reason, never came to fruition.
Lost Architectures presents an array of such projects from the last decades of the twentieth century, consituting the unrealised dreams of some of the most inspirational architects working in the period. Most of the projects featured here have seldom, if ever, been published before, and some represent the last hand-drawn work of their creators before the age of the computer finally came into full force. Whilst they do not follow any specific style, these projects embody a spirit defined by Spiller as New Romanticism - a spirit which combines elements of aesthetic decadence and a certain camp mannerism with a love of angularity and mechanised ritual.
Some of the architects in question are still in practice, with a great deal of high-profile built work behind them; others have never been recognised as they perhaps should have been. In both cases, this book is an invaluable resource of information and inspiration for students of architecture, as well as for theorists, historians and lay readers. It provides essential exposure for a range of work of great vitality which might otherwise risk being lost in the course of time.
LOST ARCHITECTURES: VISIONS OF SPLENDOUR.
Tuning the Device (A. Yeoman).
Techno-Rusticity (M. Wiltshire).
Thematic Discord (P. Wilson and A. Bolles-Wilson).
Appliance Landscapes (C. Brandt).
Maverick Deviations (N. Spiller).
Samite Semiotics (K. Rhowbotham).
Argon Cutting in the Industrial Wilderness (M. Prizeman).
Architectural Kinematics (N. Porter).
Vaults of Imagination (B. Nicholson).
Exquisite Precision (C. Lim).
Technological Emancipation (R. Herron and S. Herron).
Lyrical Mechanism (C. Hawley).
Things Worth Seeing (W. Firebrace).
New Mythologies for Urban Mechanisms (N. Denari).
Dynamic Heterogeneity (Decq and Cornette).
Thoughts at the Datum of Understanding (J. Crettaz).
Arcadian Architecture (P. Cook).
Industrial Baroque (N. Coates and NATØ).
Particles and Sedimentality (R. Bunschoten).
Tomorrow's Think Tank Today (A. Birds).
Catalytic Iconoclasm (Alsop and Lyall).
Making the Invisible Visible (A. Hall and M. Morris).
Liquid Landscapes (J. Adams).
"This is an opportunity to glimpse some of the most exciting, yet hitherto hidden, work that has been produced by a broad range of architects, many of whom have since achieved recognition and acclaim, but some of whom remain in relative obscurity. It is also an essential document that preserves for prosterity projects which might otherwise have been truly lost in the course of time." --Architectural Design, April 2001