The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings (TED Books)

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The founder of Architizer.com and practicing architect draws on his unique position at the crossroads of architecture and social media to highlight 100 important buildings that embody the way forward for architecture.

We’re asking more of architecture than ever before; the response will define our future.

A pavilion made from paper. A building that eats smog. An inflatable concert hall. A research lab that can walk through snow. We’re entering a new age in architecture—one where we expect our buildings to deliver way over just shelter. We would like buildings that inspire us even as helping the environment; buildings that delight our senses even as serving the needs of a community; buildings made conceivable both by new technology and repurposed materials.

Like an architectural cabinet of wonders, this book collects the most innovative buildings of today and the next day to come. The buildings hail from all seven continents (to say nothing of other planets), offering a in point of fact global perspective on what lies ahead. Every page captures the soaring confidence, the thoughtful intelligence, the space-age wonder, and at times the sheer whimsy of the world’s most inspired buildings—and the questions they provoke: Can a building breathe? Can a skyscraper be built in a day? Are we able to 3D-print a house? Are we able to survive the moon?

Filled with gorgeous imagery and witty insight, this book is an essential and delightful guide to the future being built around us—a future that matters more, and to more of us, than ever.

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