| Description |
146 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Walter Chatham -- Introduction / Rosalie Genevro -- On Pneumatic Apparitions / Marc Dessauce -- Structures Gonflables exhibition, March 1968. Untimely Considerations on Inflatables / Claude Gaignebet and Leon Gaignebet. Monumental Windbags / Reyner Banham -- Chronology of the Events of '68 -- Utopie: In Acts / Jean-Louis Violeau -- Statements, 1998 -- International Competition for an Industrialized Dwelling Unit, 1966 -- Paris Biennal, 1967 -- Jean Aubert, Diploma Project, June 1967 -- Jean-Paul Jungmann, Diploma Project, June 1967 -- Antoine Stinco, Diploma Project, June 1967 -- A. J. S. Aerolande, Furniture, 1967 -- A. J. S. Aerolande, Aquamobile, 1970 -- The Work of Aubert, Jungmann, and Stinco, Architects of the Utopie Group -- The Inflatable Realm |
| Summary |
"In the turbulent year 1968, student protests in Paris and around the world challenged established authority. To a group of architecture students at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts calling themselves Utopie, the idea of the inflatable held a promise of mobility, movement, energy, and escape. Strongly influenced by American military technology and comic books - as well as by the work of Buckminster Fuller, Henrl Lefebvre, Jean Baudrillard, and London's Archigram - the Utopie group envisioned an ideal world of pneumatic furniture, structures, and environments."--BOOK JACKET. "While the Utopie architects were unable to realize their dream of a society literally built on air, their fanciful, exuberant, witty, and highly detailed drawings remain some of the most extraordinary in modern architecture."--BOOK JACKET. "The Inflatable Moment documents this collision of architectural, social, and political forces. It presents a complete, annotated catalog of the designs of the Utopie architects, showcased along with other inflatable experiments of the period: recent reflections from the three architects."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Architectural League of New York, New York, N.Y., May-Aug. 1998 |
| Subject |
Aubert, Jean, 1935- -- Exhibitions.
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Jungmann, Jean-Paul -- Exhibitions.
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Stinco, Antoine -- Exhibitions.
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Architecture, Modern -- France -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Architecture -- France -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- France -- Exhibitions.
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Air-supported structures -- France -- Design and construction -- History -- Exhibitions.
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Architects -- France -- Exhibitions.
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City planning -- France -- History -- Exhibitions.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- France -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Dessauce, Marc, 1962-
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Architectural League of New York.
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| LC no. |
98046587 |
| ISBN |
1568981767 alkaline paper |
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