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In an era defined by the space race, the group’s exploration of movable structures and modular systems stretched far beyond known technologies or contemporary realities. \u003cem\u003eArchigram\u003c\/em\u003e magazine became the platform for exploring and sharing many of these themes. Launched in 1961, the magazine ran for 9 ½ issues until 1974, when \u003cem\u003eArchigram\u003c\/em\u003e disbanded. Now, after a 50-year pause for thought, \u003cem\u003eArchigram\u003c\/em\u003e is back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Peter Cook, with contributions from \u003cem\u003eArchigram\u003c\/em\u003e founding members Dennis Crompton, David Greene and Michael Webb, and with inputs from numerous contemporary designers, technologists and critics, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchigram Ten\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e takes a wry backward glance and imagines a bold leap forward. It looks at where architecture is going currently and asks: why? 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From the Bourne Valley villagers who rode the interesting buses to and from Salisbury to the troops who rode the many miles up and down the country on weekend leave in luxury coaches to the crews who manned the vehicles, all had memories made.This book serves to record the operations, the vehicles operated and what subsequently happened to them after those operations came to an end in June 1963. The authors have unearthed an enormous amount of archive material, and the book is illustrated with more than 300 images, including many photographs that have not been seen before. 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They devised autonomous dwellings and focused on survival technology; they experimented with megastructures and modular construction systems; they explored mobility through the environment, and the use of portable living capsules: all through the medium of an incredible series of drawings and models. Archigram’s influence has been profound and enduring. They gave the high-tech movement its impetus; they inspired architects such as Renzo Piano and Norman Foster; and they laid the ground for the design of buildings such as the Pompidou Centre. 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