Unbuilt
Radical visions of a future that never arrived
$42.75
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2021
Summary
A fascinating survey of unbuilt and abandoned architectural projects from all over the world, by great architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Zaha Hadid.
Unbuilt tells the stories of the plans, drawings and proposals that emerged during the 20th century in an unparalleled era of optimism in architecture. Many of these grand projects stayed on the drawing board, some were flights of fancy that couldn’t be built, and in other cases test structures or parts of buildings …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849946636 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849946639 |
| Author: | Christopher Beanland |
| Publisher: | Batsford |
| Imprint: | Batsford |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.20kg |
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Critics Review
‘Told in clean, clear prose accompanied by collages, sketches, models and maps, Beanland’s book plumbs the archives of 20th-century plans for alternate visions of our cities’
– Monocle Weekend Newsletter‘Discover a plethora of boundary pushing ideas ahead of their time and designs that never left the drawing board’
– The Modern House‘A fantastic survey of 20th century architectural ambitions. It spans a host of ideas that … run the gamut of the sublime to the ridiculous, often calling into question some of the great visionaries of the modern age’
* The London Society *‘A very beautiful hardback book full of colour illustrations and fascinating stories of dreams that never became reality’
* Roads.co.uk *‘A thing of beauty’
– John Grindrod * Twitter *‘Runs the gamut of the sublime to the ridiculous, often calling into the question some of the great visionaries of the modern age’
* London Society Journal *Christopher Beanland
Christopher Beanland is a journalist, comedy writer and author who specialises in architecture and travel writing. He is the author of Unbuilt: Radical Visions of a Future that Never Arrived and Lido: A dip into outdoor swimming pools: the history, design and people behind them. He writes regularly for the Guardian, Independent and The Telegraph and is the creator of Park Date - a podcast where he interviews celebrity guests in a park. Christopher lives in London.
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