Re-searching utopia : when imagination challenges reality / [edited by] Cuno Brullmann, Department of Housing and Design, Vienna University of Technology ; translation, Marina Brandtner [and five others] ; [with contributions by] Christoph Laimer [and 30 others].

Sulgen : Niggli Verlag, [2014]

247 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 28 cm

"The great majority of architectural productions attempt to satisfy our everyday needs and to maintain the status quo of this basic requirement, an effort which is generally dubbed the state of the art. But architects of all times have simultaneously attempted to leave these limitations behind them and to propose entirely innovative paths, challenging the status quo of their environments and creating something entirely new. During the 1960s and 1970s in particular utopias served as a source of inspiration for many architects. In the following decades utopias continued to be a relevant issue in the humanities, but now tended to be pushed aside in architectural discourse. This volume sets out on a journey of discovery to find the contemporary role and possibilities offered by utopias."--Provided by publisher.

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Architecture and society Philosophy.
Utopias in art Philosophy.
Utopias in art Designs and plans.
Architecture Designs and plans.
Architecture et société Philosophie.
Utopies dans l'art Philosophie.
Utopies dans l'art Dessins et plans.
Architecture Dessins et plans.
architectural drawings (visual works)
Architecture
Utopias in art

Architectural drawings

Brullmann, Cuno, 1945- editor.
Brandtner, Marina, translator.
Laimer, Christoph, author.

Location: Library main 291576
Call No.: BIB 235309
Status: Available