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Peter Cook On Paper

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Peter Cook

English architect and writer Sir Peter Cook, renowned for his free-thinking spirit translated into architectural lines and shapes, is perhaps most well-known as the co-founder of the avant-garde architectural group Archigram in the 1960s. A selection of his drawings is offered here as part of the exhibition series ‘Louisiana On Paper’ at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Cook believes that visions of the future – whatever it might offer – are most clearly expressed and can best be discussed in drawings. In his work we encounter kaleidoscopic colours and spiralling shapes, voluntary architectural mutations, and twisting and turning buildings transforming into escapist dreamscapes.

With contributions of
Mette Marie Kallehauge & David Garcia

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Authors: Peter Cook
Editor: Kristoffer Lindhardt Weiss
Size: 32 x 23,4 cm / 12,6 x 9.2 in
Illustrations: Color
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 156
Publication date: 2021
Published by: The Danish Architectural Press
ISBN: English 9788774075325
Price: $60

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Authors	Peter Cook
excerpt	A book of drawings by founder of Archigram, Sir Peter Cook exhibited at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen, spanning all the way from the Archigram period to 2021.

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