A Guide to Archigram 1961-74

This small format book documents the complete history of the Archigram Group which revolutionized architectural thinking in the 1960s. Peter Cook, Ron Herron, Warren Clark and Dennis Crompton proposed a complete manifesto for new urban building. Cover has light wear. Gift inscription on title page to former owner. Rest of pages are clean and crisp. Very good condition. "In the decade of the Beatles and the moon landing, cybernetics and megacities, ARCHIGRAM invented new artefacts and situations that threatened the discipline of architecture itself: Walking Cities, Plug-in Universities and 'Suits that are Homes. At once poetic and technological, utopian and grounded in social need, their projects embodied the avant-garde architecture of the 1960s. Presented here is a compact history of the work that influenced a whole generation of architects. It includes their best-known schemes and draws together for the first time articles on a wide variety of contemporary subjects, allowing a n