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Visionary architecture

Scope note

Use for designs that are rhetorical, reflecting a theoretical or speculative architectural position on social or political issues, often considered ahead of their time, and usually not intended to be carried out; often applied, but not necessarily restricted, to designs by certain French architects of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300072496

Broader Terms used

fantastic architecture

Created

13yrs ago

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