Architecture Must Blaze

Matthias Fricks Architecture Must Blaze shows how original thinkers can achieve significant renewal in architecture The title refers to the manifesto by architect revolutionary and activist Wolf D Prix which turned the architecture world upside down in 1968 Inspired by the happenings of the 1960s he and Helmut Swiczinsky founded the office Coop Himmelblau causing a storm with buildings that looked like they had exploded They became the standard bearers of deconstructivism with projects such as the Martin Luther Church in Hainsburg and the Groninger Museum Wolf D Prix talks candidly about their revolutionary work of the 1970s and why he eventually took the controversial decision to work for big money