Architectural Inventions: Visionary Drawing of Buildings

by Matt Bua, Max Goldfarb

Born out of the drawingbuilding.org online archive, Architectural Inventions presents a stunning visual study of impossible or speculative structures that exist only on paper. Soliciting the work of architects, designers, and artists of renown—as well as emerging talents from all over the world—Maximilian Goldfarb and Matt Bua have gathered an array of works that convey architectural alternatives, by products, expansions, or critiques of our inhabited environments. Highlighting visions that exist outside of established channels of production and conventions of design, Architectural Inventions showcases a multiplicity in concept and vision, fantasy and innovation.

Genres: Architecture

336 pages, Hardcover

First published October 17, 2012

Reviews

[Tito Quiling, Jr. · Rating 3 out of 5]

With a thick volume of sketches in various iterations--from colored ones, to greyscales, sketches in ink and graphite, to detailed buildings, and abstract structures, the entire book seemed like an acid dream for someone who wants to come up with new, more contemporary edifice--regardless if it can be constructed or not. I liked it personally, coming from a different background, but when I consulted a friend who studied architecture as an undergrad about its contents (having found the same book), I was told that the drawings here are quite dated. Depending on what you're looking for, if it's a realistic reference, or a more fictional rendering of possible spaces, you can still read this one.