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Architects have been drawing for centuries on their creative abilities to produce astonishing works of imagination, but the greatest period of experimentation has been from the Second World War to the present. This book, newly available in paperback, is a highly acclaimed survey of the breathtakingly visionary and experimental architecture of this period. With its copious illustrations and analyses of the early, radical work of many of today’s most important architects, as well as seminal work of earlier practitioners, it is a complete resource for students and professionals and the authoritative source on a subject of essential interest for all in the world of architecture.

• ‘A great collection of images, of the protagonists of visionary movements, and of narrated insights about them … a good overview’ – Architecture Today
• ‘A poke in the eye for banal architecture’ – The Architects’ Journal
• Features stunning imagery, never before collected in a single volume.
• Features work by, among others, Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Bernard Tschumi, Archigram, Archizoom and Buckminster Fuller.
• The author is an authority on the subject and is considered a ‘visionary’ in his own right.

Table of Contents

The book contains three parts: eleven chapters presenting the most important work created since 1945; a survey of contemporary visionary architecture, particularly in the digital realm, shown through case studies in each chapter; and an illustrated lexicon of ideas, movements, people and terms.