Entrée principale:

Biamonti, Alessandro.

Titre et auteur:

Archiflop : a guide to the most spectacular failures in the history of modern and contemporary architecture / Alessandro Biamonti ; translation: Susan Ann White, Felicity Lutz and Lauren Sunstein.

Édition:

1st edition.

Publication:

Zurich : Niggli, imprint of bnb media GmbH, [2017]

Description:

187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
The new kick in the stomach esthetic / Alessandro Biamonti -- A different world tour / Silvia Maria Gramegna, Oxana Nosova -- They thought they would be so many : Kangbashi New Area, Ordos, China -- City of Tianducheng, China -- Nova Cidade de Kilamba (Kilamba New City), Angola -- Gibellina Nuova, Italy -- Sanzhi Pod City, Taiwan -- Châtelet line of the Charleroi Métro, Belgium -- They thought they would become so rich : Principality of Sealand, Rough Sands, North Sea -- Kolmanskop, Namibia -- Cinderella City Mall, Englewood, [Colorado] -- Hashima Island, Japan -- Torre Abraham Lincoln, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Neft Daşlari Settlement, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan -- They thought no one would realize : Hotel di Alimuri, Vico Equense, Italy -- Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea -- Communist Party Headquarters, Buzludzha, Bulgaria -- Crimean Atomic Energy Station, Kazantip, Crimea -- Torre David, Caracas, Venezuela -- Kowloon walled city, Hong Kong -- They thought they would have so much fun : Nara Dreamland, Nara, Japan -- Consonno, Italy -- Gulliver's Kingdom, Kamikuishiki, Japan -- Spreepark, Berlin, Germany -- Repubblica delle Rose, Adriatic Sea -- Wonderland, Chenzhaung Village, China -- Now we'll take care of it! : Turning problems into opportunities / Franco Bolelli -- Torre Galfa, Milan, Italy / Anna Anzani -- A vertical urban park Alessandro Biamonti -- A half-serious glossary -- Things to know / Ruggero Biamonti.
Translated from the Italian.

Résumé:

With a tongue in cheek approach, this book presents a selection of the most spectacular architectural flops from the 20th century to the present. Each project is described briefly and its circumstances analysed and extensively documented via photos. The reader is taken to monumental ghost towns, grotesque remnants of amusement parks, and a nuclear power plant. The author is not aiming to uncover faults and condemn failed projects but rather to contemplate on how difficult and nearly impossible it is to predict the future for any type of endeavour.

ISBN:

9783721209600 (hd. bd.)
3721209605

Sujet:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Abandoned buildings.
Building failures.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Constructions abandonnées.
Constructions Effondrement.
abandoned buildings.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture and Planning.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 296251
Cote: BIB 242696
Statut: Disponible