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.

Neil Spiller: Lost Architectures (Architectural Monographs No 53)

Arts & Photography

Spiller, Neil

Architecture

Academy Press

Another cutting-edge issue of Architectural Design, featuring top cyberspace architects Picking up where Architects in Cyberspace left off, this companion issue of Architectural Design tracks the progress of previously featured architects along with new players in the field. With exciting developments and projects under way all the time, this part-two installment offers a vital up-to-date report from the cyberfrontier of modern architecture, complete with a review of the 1997 Paris Cyberspace exhibition, dozens of color illustrations, and more.

Further Architects in Cyberspace II (Architectural Design)

The first monograph on this highly-influential young architect. * Includes a collection of amazing drawings as well as text that reaffirms Spiller's position on the world's architectural stage. * Analyzes why Spiller's influence has global appeal. * Contains contributions from many of the world's most prominent architects. * Available in one attractive volume for the first time.

Maverick Deviations: Architectural Works (1985-1998) (Architectural Monographs No 53)

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

An indispensable and innovative resource for anyone involved in contemporary architecture and urban development. Cities are the ultimate and most complex manifestations of human civilization. For millennia, architects and builders have attempted to rationalize them into well-functioning and livable places for their inhabitants. While many aspects of a city evolve naturally, other facets result from masterful human interventions and radical imagination. Future City celebrates the visionary urban plans that have preoccupied architects trying to create a better world from the 1950s to the present. The book features hundreds of seminal and influential works by some sixty architects, ranging from the groundbreaking experiments of Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, Peter Cook, and Daniel Libeskind to a new generation of rising stars, including Asymptote, NOX, UN Studio, and Greg Lynn. 500+ illustrations.

Future City: Experiment and Utopia in Architecture

Politics & Social Sciences

Alison, Jane

Migayrou, Frederic

Brayer, Marie-Ange

Social Sciences

Thames&Hudson

An authoritative reference to the designs of conceptual, imaginary, and radical buildings features the work of such visionary architects as Libeskind, Koolhaas, and Eisenman, in a thematic overview that evaluates key works that have been produced in the last sixty years. Reprint.

Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern Imagination

Reference

A complete and authoritative resource for professionals and students on a subject of essential interest for all in the world of architecture. The design of imaginary, conceptual, or radical buildings is as old as the practice of architecture itself. For centuries architects have drawn on their creative abilities to produce breathtaking works of architectural imagination. At no period has the investigation of new spatial forms been as rich as from the Second World War to the present. With such historical precursors as Piranesi and Ledoux, and, in the twentieth century, Melnikov, Sant'Elia, and others, architects have created an astonishing range of architectural constructs and urban utopias that have influenced generations of architects. This publication contains three parts: a thematic overview of the most important and far-reaching work created since 1945; a survey of contemporary visionary architecture, particularly in the digital realm; and an illustrated lexicon of ideas, movements, people, and terms. The early, unbuilt world of many of today's most important architects—Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Bernard Tschumi—is represented alongside the seminal work of earlier practitioners, such as Archigram, Archizoom, and Buckminster Fuller. Recent work is explored in case studies of contemporary visionaries, including Diller+Scofidio, Asymptote, Morphosis, and NOX. 500 illustrations, 250 in color.

A tour of more than two hundred projects by leading international firms documents the radical changes that have been taking place throughout the past fifteen years, in a lavish visual survey that reveals today's achievements in the arenas of technology, the environment, and social responsibility.

Digital Architecture Now

A pioneering major survey on the rich relationship between the imagery and concepts of Surrealist art and the architecture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
In a world where “smart” objects can talk to each other and a gun can be printed with a desktop 3D printer, the conditions for contemporary design are nothing if not surreal. The long-standing interaction between architecture and Surrealism is being reinvigorated by the new technology that makes the protocols and concepts of otherworldly Surrealism more relevant to architects than the dogmas of architectural modernism. This book charts the development of this fertile relationship, revealing how Surrealist ideas are being put to use by contemporary architects in extraordinary ways.
Architecture and Surrealism opens with an introduction on the precursors of Surrealism in the Baroque and Rococo periods, moving into the twentieth century through the Symbolists and Dadaists. The four main chapters present the interplay between architecture and Surrealism through the key concepts of the body, the interior space, the house, alternative realities, and the environment. In an era of wearable technology and big data, the fascinating possibilities for new worlds, new buildings, and new spaces are creating the most exciting futures for contemporary architects. Written by Neil Spiller, a leading academic and architect known for his own Surrealist-influenced work, this book is a breathtaking resource of spatial ideas and visionary buildings for architects, students, lovers of Surrealism, and all creative types. 250+ illustrations

Architecture and Surrealism

History & Criticism

Presents an anthology of writings that reflect a multidisciplinary approach to the subject of cyberspace.

Cyber Reader: Critical Writings for the Digital Era

Computers & Technology

Phaidon Press

Digital Dreams: Architecture and the New Alchemic Technologies

Graphics & Design

Watson-Guptill Pubns

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Neil Spiller: Lost Architectures (Architectural Monographs No 53)

Further Architects in Cyberspace II (Architectural Design)

Maverick Deviations: Architectural Works (1985-1998) (Architectural Monographs No 53)

Future City: Experiment and Utopia in Architecture

Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern Imagination

Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern Imagination

Digital Architecture Now

Architecture and Surrealism

Cyber Reader: Critical Writings for the Digital Era

Digital Dreams: Architecture and the New Alchemic Technologies