UnknownAtkinson, Harriet
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (London, 2014) (eng) English9781350036109UnknownEnglish ed.NFLUENCE (LITERARY, ARTISTIC, ETC.); Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-284) and index; The Banham Lectures presents a series of essays by leading critics on art, design, architecture and culture. All are inspired by the revolutionary work of Reyner Banham, who continues to be one of the greatest influences on Design and Architecture today. Integrating the study of pop art, industrial design and material culture for the first time, Banham’s brilliant analyses of subjects - such as automobile styling, mobile homes, science fiction films, and our fondness for gadgets - anticipated many of our contemporary preoccupations. And just as Banham sought to overturn the views of previous generations, these critics aim to rethink the objects and buildings we use today. Provocative, engaged and inspired, The Banham Lectures is essential reading for anyone interested in the world we have made. CONTRIBUTORS: Mary Banham, Paul Barker, Tim Benton, Beatriz Colomina, Peter Cook, Elizabeth Collins Cromley, Frank Dudas, Adrian Forty, Christopher Frayling, Richard Hamilton, Mark Haworth-Booth, Tom Karen Pat Kirkham, Tomas Maldonado, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Gillian Naylor, Cedric Price, Ruth Schwartz-Cowan, Charles Saumarez Smith, Penny Sparke
Physical dimension
1 online resource (xii, 306 p., [32] p. of plates)Unknownill. (some col.), plans
Summary / review / table of contents
Front matter
Introduction
I. In The Rear-View Mirror: Banham Revisited
II. From Vehicles Of Desire To Sundae Painters: Seeing Things The Banham Way
III. Une Architecture Autre? Looking at the Overlooked
IV. Apparatus, Clip-On, Gizmo, Software, High-Tech: Futurism, Design And Technology