Gothic and the Architectural Imagination, 1740–1840

2013 ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Nicole Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Imagination

Bridge Aesthetics – Functional and Structural Needs versus Architectural Imagination

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Radomski
Keyword(s):  
Bridge Engineering ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Structural Form ◽  
Bridge Function ◽  
Service Function ◽  
The Future ◽  
Bridge Structures ◽  
Bridge Aesthetics ◽  
Architectural Imagination

<p>Relations between structural form as well as service function of bridges and their aesthetics are analysed. Irrespective of their scale bridges always affect their surroundings or landscape. Therefore, they not only have an engineering and economic meaning but also a social and a cultural one. In some cases, especially older bridges have an additional symbolic or a historic meaning. Contemporary trends concerning bridge aesthetics are discussed. Commonly modern bridge structures ideas are controversial – their forms often seem to be more important than their service function and classical aesthetic principles are rather rarely observed. Presented problems are exemplified by bridge structures in Poland and in other countries. Conclusions concerning the relations between the bridge aesthetics and bridge function are formulated. Some remarks on the future trends in the bridge engineering are also presented.</p>

scholarly journals Peter Cook Beyond Archigram

Prostor ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1 (59)) ◽  
pp. 130-141
Author(s):  
Gizem Deniz Guneri
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Imagination

This text visits and manifests the critical utopianism embedded in the praxis of Peter Cook, within which resides a promising mode of architectural thinking based on reflexive inquiries rather than absolute and closed utopias. It aims to revert questions that link utopia and spatial determinism towards questions that revolve around utopian methodologies that become trainings of architectural imagination.

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