ZUKUNFT VON GESTERN

Filled with drawings, collages, and models, this book examines how each firms utopian vision was shaped by the times in which it wa s conceived. The designs by Archigram, a Londonbased firm headed by Peter Cook, Ron Herron and Dennis Crompton, date back to the moo n landing and an era filled with hope for new beginnings. By contrast, the latter project, the work of Future Systems, headed by Cze ch architect Jan Kaplický and David Nixon, was conceptualized at the height of the Cold War, when the future appeared gloomy. While Archigram ...[Read more]