Buildings for Tomorrow

by Cattermole, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781585679904
• ISBN10: 1585679909
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-04
• Publisher: Overlook Pr

Summary

"Architects have always dreamed of shaping the future, of building utopian worlds filled with seemingly impossible structures that break with the past to propel mankind far into the twenty-first century and beyond. Buildings for Tomorrow reviews forty such visionary projects that appear to come from futures that mankind has so far only imagined. Buildings for Tomorrow reviews forty such visionary projects that appear to come from futures that mankind has so far only imagined. Spread across nineteen countries, over thirty architects, from famous names to little-known innovators, have combined the latest technological advances with their boundless creative energy to bring their constructions into being."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Brave New Dawn	p. 6
Other Worlds: The Ancient, the Organic and the Alien	p. 16
Death Stars and TIE Fighters: The Mechanical, the Manmade and the Menacing	p. 88
Return of the Blob: The Sleek, the Sensuous and the Sustainable	p. 146
Conclusion	p. 186
Index of Architects' Websites	p. 188
Picture Credits	p. 189
Select Bibliography	p. 190
Acknowledgments and Notes	p. 192
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