Atlas of Never Built Architecture

<P><B>‘A highly entertaining romp through what the world might have looked like, had fate chosen a different path.’ – <I>Guardian</I></B></P><P><B>Discover more than 300 extraordinary unbuilt architecture projects that never made it off the drawing board</B></P><P>Organized geographically across nearly 400 pages, this monumental homage to architectural ambition includes proposed projects of all types – from skyscrapers, museums, churches, and bridges to theme parks, casinos, opera houses, and even a floating theater boat that resembles a UFO. Seen together, the projects conjure a strange and wonderful new world while offering insight into how our built environment been conceived and developed over the last 100 years.</P><P> Readers will discover futuristic visions from architectural icons such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies, and Louis Kahn, alongside more contemporary proposals from Zaha Hadid, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Steven Holl, Norman Foster, and Daniel Libeskind. Each project is brought to life through deeply researched text and a wealth of imagery, including previously unpublished prints, paintings, drawings, etchings, preparatory sketches, and more.</P><P> At times impractical or fanciful but always imaginative and ambitious, the projects in <I>Atlas of Never Built Architecture </I>reveal the incredible diversity of ideas that have emerged from the world’s most influential architects.</P>