Megastructure: Urban Futures of the Recent Past

by Reyner Banham

Book Overview

A long-sought reprint of this classic of architectural history and criticism, surveying a movement that would inspire architects, fantasists, and filmmakers alike.

It is an architectural concept as alluring as it is elusive, as futuristic as it is primordial. Megastructure is what it sounds like: a vastly scaled edifice that can contain potentially countless uses, contexts, and adaptations. Theorized and briefly experimented with in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580935400
• ISBN13: 9781580935401
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Monacelli Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 10.2"