It is a style of architecture that gives in a visionary produced without any constraints of clients, budgets, material, or building and planning regulations. We could go beyond our limits to reach up to the expectation of the clients and could be constructed in the foreseeable future. Three things that utopian architecture was all about were to integrate with nature, challenging rationalism, or experimenting with an abstraction that imbued with the post-war sentiment to critique and confront the modern heroic architecture.
1. The tale of tomorrow- utopian architecture in the modernist realm- Robert Klanten
It is a visually spectacular book that takes on how this utopian architecture will never go out of style. It gives an idea of how this book compiles various ideas and visionaries structures. The book talks about the utopian architectural movement, which was in the 1960s and 1970s. A critical shift in ideology from mid-century traditionalism. They tried various other interpretations of the single-family housing which could be developed into a larger-scale project. It also talks about how utopian architecture is bold, futuristic, charming, and goes beyond a person’s limitations to just explore various options. The tale of tomorrow gave in the vision and experience for the architects what they would be like.
2. Inside utopia: visionary interiors and futuristic homes- Gestalten
It gives an insight into radicals. visionary. poetic. It shows the future of architects and designers’ name emissions. The book talks about different projects by various architects and some of them are the breath-taking Elrod House by John Lautner, the Lagerfeld apartment in Cannes that seems like science fiction, Palais Bulles in frame with its organic and unique architecture. It gives in a sparked curiosity embodying the foundations of minimalism. www.bing.com
3. Imagining and making the world: reconsidering architecture and utopia- Nathaniel Coleman
This book talks about the relationship between architecture and utopia. It might appear to be obvious from the domain from the utopian studies, architects have attempted to dissociate themselves from utopia. It also focuses on the difficulties of the writer from both the perspective experienced from either side of the given topic. It’s a collection of meta-theoretical problems for ongoing intellectual work on architecture and utopia. The book emphasizes the various manifestations of utopia on architectural imagination, specific historic moments, from the early renaissance to the present day. The volume also talks about Nathaniel Coleman, Ruth Levitas, and Lyman Tower Sargent’s contribution to the essay making situating architecture and utopia historically and theoretically within the utopian studies.
4. Urban utopians in the 20th century – Robert Fishman
This book has various architects like Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright hated the cities of time with an overwhelming passion. Counter images of various ideal cities they believed in the hell which created the heavens. The book also talks about the Robert freshmen various other visionaries of the 3 major urban planning, which in turn creates a garden city with the help of geometric patterns.
5. Utopia and architecture- Nathaniel Coleman
This book talks about what utopians believed the future is created without any past or history. They believed in the golden models for the re-inventions. This book gives an idealism in architectural design which focuses on 3 architect’s visions like Le Corbusier’s, Louis I Khan, and Aldo van Eyck. They have different perspectives and assumptions on various elements related to modernist architecture.
6. Utopia Forever-Matthias bottger
This book talks about how artists, new talents are following the principle of utopia forever are the important catalysts which are to change the fundamental and radically shape the future. The author also talks about the project which goes beyond a certain limit to explore creativity. It also talks about the different challenges for architecture, mobility, and energy and various features designed by architects and theorists.
7. Utopian ghost- Reinhold Martin
Architectural postmodernism had made a major impact on the broader development of thoughts: like reconsideration of their relationship, combining discourse analysis, historical reconstruction, and lots of reading projects. Martin argues on re-theorizing postmodern architecture and into the cultural postmodern and its aftermath.
8. Unbuilt utopian cities-1460 to 1900- Dr. Tessa Morrison
This book is the 10 utopian works that are important in history and evolution. It is not just about texts and philosophy but also about how things have been implemented practically. It is more about how architecture is related to political philosophy or the social agenda. That the author was trying to convey each of the 10 authors’ theories and concepts of community and utopian architecture.
9. Utopian adventure- The Corviale void
The book is about contemporary issues in architecture and urbanisms. This Corviale void started by Giovanni Battista Piranesi who looks into the fascination with the inside of walls. The formation of new materials, the air grid, where the color is drawn into the air. The air grid is very mesmerizing which can catch a human eye very easily because of the to and fro movement of these air grids. This takes us through how architecture and urbanism works.
10. No place like a utopia- Peter Blake
So this book takes us on a tour of modern architecture and the colorful, eccentric, and whatnot for more than half the century the author who lived in the mainstream of contemporary architecture. The author also tells us that as a practicing architect he talks about modern architecture and good artists. The anecdotes are memorable.
