Archigram
Contributors: W. Chalk (Editor); Peter Cook (Editor); D. Crompton (Editor); D. Greene (Editor); R. Herron (Editor); M. Webb (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: December 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781568981949
Subjects: Art styles: c 1960 -; c 1960 to c 1970; Individual Architect; Individual Architectural Firms; Architecture; United Kingdom, Great Britain; International Architecture - British; Architecture / General; Archigram; 20th century; Archigram (Group); Architecture, Modern; Research
First sentence: In late 1960, in various flats in Hampstead, a loose group of people started to meet: to criticize projects, to concoct letters to the press, to combine to make competition projects, and generally prop one another up against the boredom of working in London architectural offices.
Description: "In late 1960, in various flats in Hampstead, a loose group of people started to meet: to criticize projects, to concoct letters to the press, to make competition projects, and generally prop one another up against the boredom of working in London architectural offices. The main British magazines of the time did not publish student work and Archigram was responding to this as much as to the sterility of the scene.

The title Archigram came from the notion of a more simple and urgent item than a Journal, like a telegram or aerogramme - hence, "archi(tecture)-gram."".

"This facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1972 is a chronicle of the work of Archigram as told by the members themselves. It includes material published in early issues of the Journal, as well as numerous essays, comics, collages, poems, and fantastical architecture projects. The book is updated with a new introduction from longtime member Mike "Spider" Webb."--BOOK JACKET.