Spaced out : radical environments of the psychedelic sixties / Alastair Gordon.

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Gordon, Alastair.

Title & Author:

Spaced out : radical environments of the psychedelic sixties / Alastair Gordon.

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Description:

302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
"Crash pads, hippie communes, infinity machines, and other"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295) and index.
Part I. Soft landings : Enchanted loom -- Infinity machines -- Crash pads -- Soft city -- Part II. Outlaw nation : Unsettlers -- Magic circles -- Frontier mystics -- Epilogue : The fall of drop.

Summary:

The utopian sixties inspired revolutionary and alternative ways to live, love, and entertain--and equally radical spaces to do it in. Stimulated by the psychedelic drug culture, rebel designers and architects distorted space to create womblike coves and isolation chambers, forging a spatial vocabulary that still reverberates today. At the same time, the tune-in-turn-on-drop-out message lured youths into far-flung communes, often under the roofs of brightly painted geodesic domes draped and tie-dyed fabric. Idealistic and anarchic enclaves with names like Drop City and Morning Star redefined the concept of community, inventing a wildly spontaneous way of building and dwelling.

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ISBN:

9780847831050
0847831051

Subject:

Dwellings United States History 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic United States History 20th century.
Hippies United States.
Communal living United States History 20th century.
Nineteen sixties.
Habitations États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Hippies États-Unis.
Communes (Contre-culture) États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Années soixante (Vingtième siècle)
Architecture, Domestic
Communal living
Dwellings
Hippies
Manners and customs
Alternative Architektur
Hippie
Wohnungsbau
United States Social life and customs 1945-1970.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 1945-1970.
United States
USA

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History
Exhibition catalogs.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257609
Call No.: NA712 .G67 2008
Status: Available

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