Latent utopias : experiments within contemporary architecture / Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Hadid, Zaha.

Schumacher, Patrik, 1961-

Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Conference Name:

Steirischer Herbst 2002 (2002 : Graz, Austria)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Modern.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

302 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans ; 26 cm + 1 booklet (108 pages)

Place of Publication:

Wien : Springer, 2003.

Language Note:

Booklet contains summary in German.

Summary:

How will we live in the future? What kinds of architecture can we anticipate? What will the workplace look like? Our homes? Every age has--and needs--its utopias. The grand social drafts of the past century have aroused suspicions toward the concept of utopia as a naive and perilous hubris. And yet the radical concepts of Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright displayed a force and rationality that can hardly be seen as a mistake. Latent Utopias features experimental architectural projects characterized by radical abstraction and strangeness. But what is the hidden meaning of these experiments? How does this "neo-avant-garde" relate itself to the historical avant-garde, and what is its stance on the idea of progress? Contrary to first appearances, is there still utopian potential? Latent Utopias suggests that there is still much we can learn from gazing into a perfect future.

Notes:

"Steirischer Herbst 2002. Coproduction with Graz 2003 - Cultural capital of Europe".

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Oct. 26, 2002-Mar. 2, 2003.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

3211838651

OCLC:

144603363