Dr. Strangelove
Banned
I found this book at the library of my new school, and thought it would be interesting to share. It was published in 1976 by avantgarde group SITE and consists of a torough index of unbuilt architectural projects in the United States, ranging from the banal to the batshit insane. I thought of putting this in the Things that look like Alternate History but aren't thread, but thought that didn't quite fit the theme. I've scanned some of the most interesting projects:
Thomas Jefferson's entry in the White House design contest. If you think you've seen it before somewhere else it's because you have.
Proposal for a United States summer capitol in Colorado, 1915. It was turned down by Woodrow Wilson because he didn't like the style:
Proposal for the 1893 exposition in Chicago of a giant steel tent to cover the entire exposition area. Those specks in its surface? Those are electric trains. I can totally see DoD's USA building this.
Daniel Burnham's 1907 proposal for a new Civic Centre in Chicago:
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1911 proposal for New Versailles, New York, a huge-ass residential complex. It would even have a Grand Canal in front of it like the real Versailles:
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The book is fascinating. I took those from the first pages only- I wasn't going to scan the whole thing-, but maybe I will put a couple more when I finish reading it.
Thomas Jefferson's entry in the White House design contest. If you think you've seen it before somewhere else it's because you have.
Proposal for a United States summer capitol in Colorado, 1915. It was turned down by Woodrow Wilson because he didn't like the style:
Proposal for the 1893 exposition in Chicago of a giant steel tent to cover the entire exposition area. Those specks in its surface? Those are electric trains. I can totally see DoD's USA building this.
Daniel Burnham's 1907 proposal for a new Civic Centre in Chicago:
[URL=http://img69.imageshack.us/i/img010ys.jpg/] [/URL]
1911 proposal for New Versailles, New York, a huge-ass residential complex. It would even have a Grand Canal in front of it like the real Versailles:
[URL=http://img718.imageshack.us/i/img011.jpg/] [/URL]
The book is fascinating. I took those from the first pages only- I wasn't going to scan the whole thing-, but maybe I will put a couple more when I finish reading it.