-Comprehensive documentation of Archigram's iconic works -Generous
landscape format allows drawings to be reproduced at a large scale
-Contributions from all Archigram members, and essays by critics writing
then and now Archigram comprised Warren Chalk (1927-88), Peter Cook
(1936-), Dennis Crompton (1935-), David Greene (1937-), Ron Herron
(1930-94), and Michael Webb (1937-). Together, in the 1960s and early
1970s, they envisioned the future of architecture in ways that
enthralled a generation. In an era defined by the space race, they
developed a 'high-tech', lightweight, infra-structural approach that
stretched far beyond known technologies or contemporary realities. They
devised autonomous dwellings and focused on survival technology; they
experimented with megastructures and modular construction systems; they
explored mobility through the environment, and the use of portable
living capsules: all through the medium of an incredible series of
drawings and models. Archigram's influence has been profound and
enduring. They gave the High-tech movement its impetus; they inspired
architects such as Renzo Piano and Norman Foster; and they laid the
ground for the design of buildings such as the Pompidou Centre. This
book catalogues Archigram's activities over fourteen years, together
with commentaries by the architects and critics writing then and now.
Edited and designed by Archigram member Dennis Crompton, it has been 40
years in the making. Contents: No Introduction Required - Michael
Sorkin; Archigram: The Magazine - Peter Cook; Selected Projects 1961-74;
A Clip-On Architecture - Reyner Banham; Archigram: The Opera; Death by
Architecture - Martin Pawley; Index of Projects.