Last Futures : Nature, Technology and the End of Architecture Hardback
by Douglas Murphy
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In the late 1960s the world was faced with impending disaster: the height of the Cold War, the end of oil, and the decline of great cities throughout the world.
Out of this crisis came a new generation that hoped to build a better future, influenced by visions of geodesic domes, walking cities, and a meaningful connection with nature.
In this brilliant work of cultural history, architect Douglas Murphy traces the lost archeology of the present-day through the works of thinkers and designers such as Buckminster Fuller, the ecological pioneer Stewart Brand, the Archigram architects who envisioned the Plug-In City in the '60s, as well as co-operatives in Vienna, communes in the Californian desert, and protesters on the streets of Paris.
In this mind-bending account of the last avant garde, we see not just the source of our current problems but also some powerful alternative futures.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Verso Books
- Publication Date:12/01/2016
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- ISBN:9781781689752
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Verso Books
- Publication Date:12/01/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781781689752