Archiflop
Subtitle: a guide to the most spectacular failures in the history of modern and contemporary architecture
By: Alessandro Biamonti ; translation: Susan Ann White, Felicity Lutz and Lauren Sunstein
Edition: 1st edition.
Publisher: Niggli, imprint of bnb media GmbH
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9783721209600
Subjects: Building failures; Abandoned buildings; Modern Architecture
Work titles: Archiflop
Description: 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.
Notes: Translation of: Archiflop: storie di progetti finiti male: guida semiseria ai più clamorosi casi di errore, fallimento e sfiga in architettura.

Translated from the Italian.