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We are entering a new era of architecture that is technologically enhanced, virtual and synthetic. Contemporary architects operate in a creative environment that is both real and digital; mixed, augmented and hybridised. This world consists of ecstasies, fears, fetishisms and phantoms, processes and spatiality that can best be described as Surrealist. Though too long dormant, Surrealism has been a significant cultural force in modern architecture. Founded by poet André Breton in Paris in 1924 as an artistic, intellectual and literary movement, architects such as Le Corbusier, Diller + Scofidio, Bernard Tschumi and John Hejduk realised its evocative powers to propel them to ''starchitect'' status. Rem Koolhaas most famously illustrated Delirious New York (1978) with Madelon Vriesendorp''s compelling Surrealist images.

Architects are now reviving the power of Surrealism to inspire and explore the ramifications of advanced technology. Architects'' studios in practices and

Celebrating the Marvellous

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      Publisher Academy Press
      Published 23 March 2018
      ISBN-13 9781119254416
      978-1119254416
      ISBN-10 1119254418
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      Architectural structure and design

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      Book Synopsis

      We are entering a new era of architecture that is technologically enhanced, virtual and synthetic. Contemporary architects operate in a creative environment that is both real and digital; mixed, augmented and hybridised. This world consists of ecstasies, fears, fetishisms and phantoms, processes and spatiality that can best be described as Surrealist. Though too long dormant, Surrealism has been a significant cultural force in modern architecture. Founded by poet André Breton in Paris in 1924 as an artistic, intellectual and literary movement, architects such as Le Corbusier, Diller + Scofidio, Bernard Tschumi and John Hejduk realised its evocative powers to propel them to ''starchitect'' status. Rem Koolhaas most famously illustrated Delirious New York (1978) with Madelon Vriesendorp''s compelling Surrealist images.

      Architects are now reviving the power of Surrealism to inspire and explore the ramifications of advanced technology. Architects'' studios in practices and

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