In the early 1970s, the British magazine AD / Architectural Design emerged as one of the most experimental and intellectually daring architecture magazines in the world. Unlike its more conventional peers (including the one sharing its initials), AD embraced avant-garde theory, speculative design, and radical thought during a time of deep architectural transformation. It became a key platform for emerging discourses on postmodernism, utopian urbanism, systems theory, and technological futurism. More than documenting buildings, AD was a lab for ideas exploring architecture’s role in improving quality of life, diversity, integration, and sustainability. This edition of AD was illustrated with a… Read more
In the early 1970s, the British magazine AD / Architectural Design emerged as one of the most experimental and intellectually daring architecture magazines in the world. Unlike its more conventional peers (including the one sharing its initials), AD embraced avant-garde theory, speculative design, and radical thought during a time of deep architectural transformation.
It became a key platform for emerging discourses on postmodernism, utopian urbanism, systems theory, and technological futurism. More than documenting buildings, AD was a lab for ideas exploring architecture’s role in improving quality of life, diversity, integration, and sustainability.
This edition of AD was illustrated with a stunning cover featuring Cedric Price’s work on the Boston Government Center. The magazine showcased the British architect at a pivotal moment of his career. The issue investigates the bold choices Price undertook and his research on time-based architecture, participation of the public and some other key ideas he developed in architecture between the 1960s and early 1970s.
Dimensions: 28x23cm. 65 pages. Text in English. Condition: Good
