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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819027203321

Autore

Wilson Robin <1971-, >

Titolo

Image, text, architecture : the utopics of the architectural media / / Robin Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-11887-1

1-317-11886-3

1-315-58782-3

1-4724-1444-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

720.1

Soggetti

Architectural criticism

Architectural writing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Utopic Method: The Future in the Text""; ""2 Editorial Projects and Figural Projections: Paul Nash�s Utopic Contribution to The Architectural Review""; ""3 A Present Presence: The Work of Warren & Mosley in The Architects� Journal""; ""4 �Now, this square is beautiful�: The Utopic Report of Lacaton & Vassal""; ""5 Articles of Landscape, the Ruin and the �Foreign�: The Editorial Practice of Andrew Mead""

""6 Of �Delegate Figures� and �Magic Light�: The Photographic Utopics of Hisao Suzuki""""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Image, Text, Architecture brings a radical and detailed analysis of the modern and contemporary architectural media, addressing issues of architectural criticism, architectural photography and the role of journal editors. It covers examples as diverse as an article by British artist Paul Nash in The Architectural Review, 1940, an early project by French architects Lacaton & Vassal published in the journal 2G, 2001, and recent photography by Hisao Suzuki for the Spanish journal El Croquis. At the intersection of image and text the book also reveals the role of the utopian impulse within the ar