{"product_id":"graphic-assembly","title":"Graphic Assembly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn innovative look at the contribution of montage to twentieth-century architecture—now in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGraphic Assembly\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGraphic Assembly\u003c\/i\u003e considers a range of architects and movements from the 1950s through the early '70s, including Theo Crosby, Hans Hollein, and John McHale; the magazine \u003ci\u003eClip-Kit\u003c\/i\u003e; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated with never-before-published material from more than a dozen archives and private collections, \u003ci\u003eGraphic Assembly\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57297907482968,"sku":"9781517901622","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781517901622.jpg?v=1781088326","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/graphic-assembly","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}