{"product_id":"9781471166419-phantom-architecture","title":"Phantom Architecture","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhantom Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of some fifty unbuilt buildings, describing how they were conceived, exploring their amazing variety, and showing how they have inspired other architects and artists who have looked at their plans in amazement and awe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'60 fantastical structures described and illustrated in this colourful and highly entertaining book.' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'If you can’t think of a present for the armchair architect in your life – well, problem solved' \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'These ghostly architectural echoes entrance the reader.' \u003ci\u003eThe Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This is a lavishly illustrated book of wonder for the dreamer in your life’ \u003ci\u003eThe Metro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA skyscraper one mile high, a dome covering most of downtown Manhattan, a triumphal arch in the form of an elephant: \u003c\/b\u003esome of the most exciting buildings in the history of architecture are the ones that never got built.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These are the projects in which architects took\u003cb\u003e materials to the limits\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eexplored challenging new ideas\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003edefied conventions\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003epointed the way towards the future\u003c\/b\u003e. Some of them are \u003cb\u003earchitectural masterpieces\u003c\/b\u003e, some simply\u003cb\u003e delightful flights of fancy\u003c\/b\u003e. It was not usually poor design that stymied them – politics, inadequate funding, or a client who chose a ‘safe’ option rather than a daring vision were all things that could stop a project leaving the drawing board.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These unbuilt buildings include the grand projects that acted as \u003cb\u003earchitectural calling cards\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eexperimental design\u003c\/b\u003es that stretch technology, \u003cb\u003evisions for the future \u003c\/b\u003eof the city, and \u003cb\u003earticles of architectural faith\u003c\/b\u003e. Structures likeBuckminster Fuller’s dome over New York or Frank Lloyd Wright’s mile-high tower can seem impossibly daring. But they also point to buildings that came decades later, to the Eden Project and the Shard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Some of those unbuilt wonders are buildings of great beauty and individual form like \u003cb\u003eEtienne-Louis Boullée’s enormous spherical monument\u003c\/b\u003e to\u003cb\u003e Isaac Newton\u003c\/b\u003e; some, such as the city plans of \u003cb\u003eLe Corbusier\u003c\/b\u003e, seem to want to teach us how to live; some, like \u003cb\u003eEl Lissitsky’s ‘horizontal skyscrapers’ \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eGaudí’s curvaceous New York hotel\u003c\/b\u003e, turn architectural convention upside-down; some, such as\u003cb\u003e Archigram’s Walking City \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003ePlug-in City\u003c\/b\u003e, are bizarre and inspiring by turns. All are captured in this \u003cb\u003emagnificently illustrated \u003c\/b\u003ebook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535931810166,"sku":"9781471166419","price":24.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31853094.jpg?v=1774283480","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471166419-phantom-architecture","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}