Celebrating the Marvellous - Surrealism in ArchitecturePaperback
Celebrating the Marvellous - Surrealism in ArchitecturePaperback We are entering a new era of architecture that is technologically enhanced, virtual and synthetic. This world consists of ecstasies,…
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Celebrating the Marvellous - Surrealism in ArchitecturePaperback
We are entering a new era of architecture that is technologically enhanced, virtual and synthetic. This world consists of ecstasies, fears, fetishisms and phantoms, processes and spatiality that can best be described as Surrealist. Contemporary architects operate in a creative environment that is both real and digital; mixed, augmented and hybridised.
Founded by poet Andr Breton in Paris in 1924 as an artistic, intellectual and literary movement, architects such as Le Corbusier, Diller + Scofidio, Bernard Tschumi and John Hejduk realised its evocative powers to propel them to 'starchitect' status. Though too long dormant, Surrealism has been a significant cultural force in modern architecture. Rem Koolhaas most famously illustrated Delirious New York (1978) with Madelon Vriesendorp's compelling Surrealist images.Architects are now reviving the power of Surrealism to