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Re-searching Utopia: When Imagination Challenges Reality
Vienna Technical Uni
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Description for Re-searching Utopia: When Imagination Challenges Reality
Hardcover. History has consistently demonstrated that Utopias have always been developed against the most varied backgrounds: Utopias have appeared as a reaction to crisis situations, as visions for a new start or as carriers for innovation. The author sets out on a journey of discovery to find the contemporary role and possibilities offered by Utopias. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1096.
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. History has consistently demonstrated that Utopias have always been developed against the most varied backgrounds: Utopias have appeared as a reaction to crisis situations, as visions for a new start or as carriers for innovation. ... Read more
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. History has consistently demonstrated that Utopias have always been developed against the most varied backgrounds: Utopias have appeared as a reaction to crisis situations, as visions for a new start or as carriers for innovation. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Braun Publish,Csi
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1095g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Sulgen, Switzerland
ISBN
9783721209082
SKU
V9783721209082
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