TY - BOOK ID - 29183759 TI - Latent utopias : experiments within contemporary architecture. AU - Hadid, Zaha. AU - Schumacher, Patrik PY - 2003 SN - 3211838651 PB - Wien Springer DB - UniCat KW - 72.037 KW - 2001-2025 KW - Graz 2003 KW - Eenentwintigste eeuw (architectuur) KW - 21ste eeuw (architectuur) KW - Architecture, Modern KW - Modern architecture UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:29183759 AB - Every age has its utopias. The grand social drafts of the past century, their demands and impacts in terms of real history, however, have aroused suspicions of the utopia being a naive and perilous hubris. And yet the radical concepts of Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wrights initially displayed an anticipative force and rationality that - with almost fifty years of success worldwide - can hardly be seen as a mistake. "Latent Utopias" features experimental architectural projects both by established and up-and-coming architects. The projects are characterised by radical abstraction and strangeness. But what is the hidden meaning of these experiments? How does this "Neo-Avantgarde" relate itself to the historical Avantgarde, and what is its stance on the idea of progress? Contrary to first appearances is there still utopian potential? ER -