Last Futures

Name: Last Futures
Brand: Verso Books
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By Douglas Murphy

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In the late 1960s the world was faced with impending disaster: the height of the Cold War, the end of oil, and the decline of great cities throughout the world. Out of this crisis came a new generation of thinkers, designers and engineers who hoped to build a better future, influenced by visions of geodesic domes, walking cities, and a meaningful connection with nature. In this brilliant work of cultural history, architect Douglas Murphy traces the lost archeology of the present-day through the works of thinkers and designers such as Buckminster Fuller, the ecological pioneer Stewart Brand, the Archigram architects who envisioned the Plug-In City in the '60s, as well as co-operatives in Vienna, communes in the Californian desert, and protesters on the streets of Paris. In this mind-bending account of the last avant garde, we see not just the source of our current problems but also some powerful alternative futures.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 240
Publisher:: Verso Books
Publication Date:: 2022-07-19
ISBN / EAN:: 9781781689820
Weight:: 196 g
Dimensions:: 20/13/2 cm
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