Architectural Fantasies
âProfiles more than 60 dwellings and monuments built by artists.â âPublishers Weekly
From Miamiâs Coral Castle to LAâs Watts Towers, Architectural Fantasies explores over 60 dwellings across more than 30 states. These artist-built spaces allow one to step directly into the artwork, and range from scratch-built creations and modified structures to monuments, sites of devotion, and intricately decorated interiors.
Is it a rollercoaster? A cathedral? A dream? There you are, travelling along the beautiful backroads of western Tennessee, or the majestic mountains of Colorado, or a quiet neighbourhood in upstate New York, when you encounter a monumental and wondrous creation. You have found Billy Trippâs Mindfield, Jim Bishopâs Castle, or Prophet Isaiah Robertsonâs Second Coming Houseâexamples of unconventional and unique visionary architecture.
All across the U.S., these self-taught artists and architects, working outside of the mainstream, unite function with fantasy. The works are generally monumental, frequently provocative, often whimsical, sometimes reverential, and regularly misunderstoodâbut always remarkable. Experience this window into the passion and the innovation of some of our most creative artists and the ways they transform the spaces in which they live and work.
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âProfiles more than 60 dwellings and monuments built by artists.â âPublishers Weekly
From Miamiâs Coral Castle to LAâs Watts Towers, Architectural Fantasies explores over 60 dwellings across more than 30 states. These artist-built spaces allow one to step directly into the artwork, and range from scratch-built creations and modified structures to monuments, sites of devotion, and intricately decorated interiors.
Is it a rollercoaster? A cathedral? A dream? There you are, travelling along the beautiful backroads of western Tennessee, or the majestic mountains of Colorado, or a quiet neighbourhood in upstate New York, when you encounter a monumental and wondrous creation. You have found Billy Trippâs Mindfield, Jim Bishopâs Castle, or Prophet Isaiah Robertsonâs Second Coming Houseâexamples of unconventional and unique visionary architecture.
All across the U.S., these self-taught artists and architects, working outside of the mainstream, unite function with fantasy. The works are generally monumental, frequently provocative, often whimsical, sometimes reverential, and regularly misunderstoodâbut always remarkable. Experience this window into the passion and the innovation of some of our most creative artists and the ways they transform the spaces in which they live and work.
