Cook, Peter Archigram (Group) text nyu 1999 Revised edition monographic eng

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144 p. ill. 28 cm. "In late 1960, in various flats in Hampstead, a loose group of people started to meet: to criticize projects, to concoct letters to the press, to make competition projects, and generally prop one another up against the boredom of working in London architectural offices. The main British magazines of the time did not publish student work and Archigram was responding to this as much as to the sterility of the scene. The title Archigram came from the notion of a more simple and urgent item than a Journal, like a telegram or aerogramme - hence, "archi(tecture)-gram."" "This facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1972 is a chronicle of the work of Archigram as told by the members themselves. It includes material published in early issues of the Journal, as well as numerous essays, comics, collages, poems, and fantastical architecture projects. The book is updated with a new introduction from longtime member Mike "Spider" Webb."--Jacket. Contents: Boys at heart / Mike Webb -- A comment from Arata Isozaki -- A comment from Peter Reyner Banham -- A comment from Hans Hollein -- A comment from Peter Blake -- 1. Architecture -- 2. Expendability and the consumer -- 3. Living city -- 4. Zoom -- 5. Plug-in -- 6. The capsule -- 7. Bursting the seams -- 8. Control and choice -- 9. Open ends -- 10. Instant city -- 11. Features : Monte Carlo -- 12. Gardener's notebook -- 13. Mound, ground and hidden delights -- 14. Dreams and manifestations -- The Archigram Group -- Chronology. Chalk, Warren, 1927-1987; Cook, Peter, 1936-; Archigram (Group) Originally published: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, 1972. Archigram (Group) Architecture, Modern 20th century Architecture Research NA680 A68 1999 720/.942 9781568981949 (alk. paper) 99039255 pucpr 012510 20200227110335.0 eng