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Recovering Utopia

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Abstract

Although the topic of utopia in architecture may seem self-evident, discussion of it suffers from a lack of precision as to what actually constitutes a utopian dimension in architecture, or how architecture might actually transact with utopia. Arguably, the novelty of visionary projects is not enough to designate them as utopian. The recovery of utopia for architecture that this article considers includes identifying what makes works utopian. The attempt to recuperate the relevance of utopia for architecture includes interrogating conventional readings of orthodox modern architecture that equate utopia with failure and tyranny, and which derive from dissatisfaction with its shortcomings.


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Author(s): Coleman N

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Architectural Education

Year: 2013

Volume: 67

Issue: 1

Pages: 24-26

Print publication date: 05/03/2013

ISSN (print): 1046-4883

ISSN (electronic): 1531-314X

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10464883.2013.767117

DOI: 10.1080/10464883.2013.767117

Notes: Special Issue: Architecture and Utopia, c. 2016


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