Utopias and Architecture

<p>Utopian thought though commonly characterized as projecting a future without a past depends on golden models for re-invention of what <em>is</em>. Through a detailed and innovative re-assessment of the work of three architects who sought to represent a utopian content in their work and a consideration of the thoughts of a range of leading writers Coleman offers the reader a unique perspective of idealism in architectural design. </p><p>With unparalleled depth and focus of vision on the work of Le Corbusier Louis I Kahn and Aldo van Eyck this book persuasively challenges predominant assumptions in current architectural discourse forging a new approach to the invention of welcoming built environments and transcending the limitations of both the postmodern and hyper-modern stance and orthodox modernist architecture.</p>