Beyond Architecture: Imaginative Buildings and Fictional Cities

by Lukas Feireiss, Robert Klanten (Editor)

Beyond Architecture is the first publication of its kind to document the creativeexploration of architecture and urban propositions in the contemporary arts.Presenting experimental projects from an array of creative contexts, the bookfeatures a multitude of groundbreaking approaches. It demonstrates how notonly architects and designers but also artists are taking architecture as a startingpoint for experimentation.The projects collected in this book range from performance, installation art andcrafted sculptures to architectural models, alternative ideas for living spacesand furniture, as well as illustration, painting, collage and photography. Throughstunning photographs and complementary texts, these visionary concepts revealthe hidden creative potential for architecture and urban environments in inventiveways.The interplay between architecture and visual culture will certainly pave the futureaesthetic and shape the development of ar

Genres: Architecture

208 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2009