Architects have always dreamed of shaping the future, of building utopian worlds filled with seemingly impossible structures that break with the past to propel mankind far into the twenty-first century and beyond.

Building for Tomorrow reviews over forty such visionary projects that appear to come from futures that mankind has so far only imagined. Over thirty international architects, from famous names to little-known innovators, have combined the latest technological advances with their boundless creative energy to bring their constructions into being. In so doing they have blurred the line that separates the realities of our everyday environment from the cinematic realms of science fiction.

Architects have always dreamed of shaping the future, of building utopian worlds filled with seemingly impossible structures that break with the past to propel mankind far into the twenty-first century and beyond.

Building for Tomorrow reviews over forty such visionary projects that appear to come from futures that mankind has so far only imagined. Over thirty international architects, from famous names to little-known innovators, have combined the latest technological advances with their boundless creative energy to bring their constructions into being. In so doing they have blurred the line that separates the realities of our everyday environment from the cinematic realms of science fiction.


Paul Cattermole is a full-time writer and researcher working with a practice covering the fields of architecture, master-planning and landscape design. He is the author of five books exploring both contemporary and historic architecture and design.