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Visionary, Visionary, came to mean also a person came to mean also a person with a clear, distinctive and with a clear, distinctive and specific (in some details) vision specific (in some details) vision of the future, usually connected of the future, usually connected with advances in technology or with advances in technology or worldview. worldview.

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Visionary architecture is the Visionary architecture is the name given to architecture name given to architecture which has visionary which has visionary qualities or which exists qualities or which exists only on paper. only on paper.

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Examples would be Buckminster Examples would be Buckminster Fuller in architecture, and some of Fuller in architecture, and some of the pioneers of personal the pioneers of personal computing. computing.

A visionary may function as a A visionary may function as a secular prophet, emphasizing secular prophet, emphasizing communication and a figurehead communication and a figurehead role, rather than implementation.role, rather than implementation.

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Étienne-Louis Boullée, Claude Nicolas Étienne-Louis Boullée, Claude Nicolas Ledoux and Jean-Jacques Lequeu are one Ledoux and Jean-Jacques Lequeu are one of the earliest examples of the discipline. of the earliest examples of the discipline. The work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Antonio Sant'Elia and Buckminster Fuller Antonio Sant'Elia and Buckminster Fuller is also included. is also included.

In the latter half of the 20th century, there In the latter half of the 20th century, there were architectural design movements such were architectural design movements such as Archigram, Archizoom and Superstudio.as Archigram, Archizoom and Superstudio.

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For the past six decades, architects have For the past six decades, architects have created an astonishing, influential range of created an astonishing, influential range of design ideas, architectural constructs and design ideas, architectural constructs and urban utopias.urban utopias.

Since the Second World War, technology has Since the Second World War, technology has caught up with our imagination: such caught up with our imagination: such practitioners as Daniel Libeskind, Rem practitioners as Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman and Zaha Hadid, Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman and Zaha Hadid, whose works were often considered too whose works were often considered too experimental or controversial to construct, experimental or controversial to construct, are now creating real, iconic buildings.are now creating real, iconic buildings.

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