Buckley, Craig, author.

Graphic assembly : montage, media, and experimental architecture in the 1960s / Craig Buckley.

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]
©2019

390 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

"Graphic Assembly unearths the role played by montage and collage in the development of architectural culture over the past century, revealing their unexamined yet crucial significance. Craig Buckley brings together experimental architectural practices based in London, Paris, Vienna, and Florence, showing how breakthroughs in optical media and printing technologies enabled avant-garde architects to reimagine their field. Graphic Assembly considers a range of architects and movements from the 1950s through the early '70s, including Theo Crosby, Hans Hollein, and John McHale; the magazine Clip-Kit; and the groups Archigram, Superstudio, and Utopie. It gives a thorough account of how montage concepts informed the design of buildings, prototypes, models, exhibitions, and multimedia environments, accompanied by Buckley's insightful interpretations of the iconic images, exhibitions, and buildings of the 1960s that mark how the decade is remembered. Richly illustrated with never-before-published material from more than a dozen archives and private collections, Graphic Assembly offers a comparative overview of the network of experimental architectural practice in Europe. It provides a deep historical account of the cut-and-paste techniques now prevalent with architecture's digital turn, demonstrating the great importance of montage to architecture past, present, and future." -- Publisher's description

9781517901615 (hardback : alk. paper)
1517901618 (hardback : alk. paper)

Architecture Europe History 20th century.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) Europe History 20th century.
Montage.
Montage (Arts)
montage (image-making technique)
Architecture
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Architecture and Planning.
Europe

History

Montage, media, and experimental architecture in the 1960s

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 304020
Cote: BIB 249524
Statut: Disponible