Lost Architectures by Neil Spiller

Lost Architectures by Neil Spiller

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.

"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 obscurityIt 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

NEIL SPILLER is a practising architect and Director of the Diploma/M/Arch (Architecture) course at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London. He lectures around the world and his work has been exhibited and published worldwide. He is the author of the monograph, Maverick Deviations (Wiley-Academy, 1999), as well as co-author with Peter Cook of The Power of Contemporary Architecture (Wiley-Academy, 1999), and has collaborated on several issues of the journal Architectural Design, co-editing Architects in Cyberspace (1995) and editing Integrating Archtecture (1996) and Architects in Cyberspace II (1998).

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Titel	Lost Architectures
Autor	Neil Spiller
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-01-29
Seitenanzahl	128
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