changing of the avant garde, visionary architecture drawings

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an R. Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion House? Or to experience Arata Isozaki's vision for Hiroshima? Or perhaps to grow up in John Hejduk's Wall House? These questions are purely speculative, but they arise naturally when viewing the drawings in The Changing of the Avant Garde. This collection of 165 expertly reproduced architectural drawings, primarily from the 1960s and 70s, presents a selection of idealized, fantastic, and utopian visions of architecture. The drawings are sourced from The Museum of Modern Art's Howard Gilman Archive and offer a unique perspective on the evolution of architectural ideas.

This publication is the first to explore the significance of these drawings since the archive was established in 1998. It includes insightful essays that examine the works and an interview with Pierre Apraxine, the former curator of the collection. The Changing of the Avant Garde invites readers to imagine what it would be like to inhabit these visionary architectural designs and consider the ways in which they have shaped our understanding of the built environment.

240 pages