Architecture After the Rain

The apparent lack of seriousness of Surrealism was clearly at odds with the gravitas of the period that followed the two World Wars, and would seem to preclude any close relationship between Surrealism and architecture. But by 1978, when a Surrealism‐themed issue of 2 was published, the tide had begun to turn. Anthony Vidler – Professor of Architecture at the Irwin S Chanin School of Architecture, the Cooper Union, New York – reflects on that 2 issue, and in particular on two key articles in it: one by Bernard Tschumi, the other by Rem Koolhaas.