Atlas of Never Built Architecture

A comprehensive global survey of more than 300 extraordinary unbuilt architecture projects from the 20th century to the present day



The Atlas of Never Built Architecture
 features hundreds of the most spectacular unbuilt projects of the 20th and 21st centuries in a comprehensive, geographically arranged survey. At times impractical or fanciful but always imaginative and ambitious, the projects included in this ground-breaking book reveal the incredible diversity of ideas that have emerged from the world's most influential architects.

A vast array of imagery, from initial sketches and paintings to etchings and digital renderings, offers insight into how architectural projects are conceived and developed, and the book features a wide-ranging selection of projects, such as parliamentary buildings, museums, arts centers, skyscrapers, artificial islands, and city plans. Futuristic visions from the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, and Le Corbusier, sit alongside more contemporary proposals from talents such as Norman Foster, Diller, Scofidio + Renfro, Steven Holl, and Zaha Hadid to show how our built environments could have looked very different indeed.
|A comprehensive global survey of more than 300 extraordinary unbuilt architecture projects from the 20th century to the present day|

Sam Lubell
and
Greg Goldin
are Los Angeles-based architecture writers. World experts on unbuilt architecture, they are the co-authors and co-curators of the hit exhibitions and companion books
Never Built New York
and
Never Built Los Angeles
. They have each contributed to numerous publications, including the
New York Times
and
Architectural Record
, and Sam has also written several books for Phaidon, including
Life Meets Art
and
Drama
.