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'Told in clean, clear prose accompanied by collages, sketches, models and maps, Beanland's book plumbs the archives of 20th-century plans for alternate visions of our cities' -- Monocle Weekend Newsletter 'Discover a plethora of boundary pushing ideas ahead of their time and designs that never left the drawing board' -- The Modern House

'Told in clean, clear prose accompanied by collages, sketches, models and maps, Beanland's book plumbs the archives of 20th-century plans for alternate visions of our cities' -- Monocle Weekend Newsletter 'Discover a plethora of boundary pushing ideas ahead of their time and designs that never left the drawing board' -- The Modern House 'A fantastic survey of 20th century architectural ambitions. It spans a host of ideas that ... run the gamut of the sublime to the ridiculous, often calling into question some of the great visionaries of the modern age' * The London Society * 'A very beautiful hardback book full of colour illustrations and fascinating stories of dreams that never became reality' * Roads.co.uk * 'A thing of beauty' -- John Grindrod * Twitter * 'Runs the gamut of the sublime to the ridiculous, often calling into the question some of the great visionaries of the modern age' * London Society Journal *

‘Told in clean, clear prose accompanied by collages, sketches, models and maps, Beanland’s book plumbs the archives of 20th-century plans for alternate visions of our cities’ -- Monocle Weekend Newsletter ‘Discover a plethora of boundary pushing ideas ahead of their time and designs that never left the drawing board’ -- The Modern House ‘A fantastic survey of 20th century architectural ambitions. It spans a host of ideas that … run the gamut of the sublime to the ridiculous, often calling into question some of the great visionaries of the modern age’ * The London Society * ‘A very beautiful hardback book full of colour illustrations and fascinating stories of dreams that never became reality’ * Roads.co.uk * ‘A thing of beauty’ -- John Grindrod * Twitter * ‘Runs the gamut of the sublime to the ridiculous, often calling into the question some of the great visionaries of the modern age’ * London Society Journal *

'Told in clean, clear prose accompanied by collages, sketches, models and maps, Beanland's book plumbs the archives of 20th-century plans for alternate visions of our cities' -- Monocle Weekend Newsletter

'Told in clean, clear prose accompanied by collages, sketches, models and maps, Beanland's book plumbs the archives of 20th-century plans for alternate visions of our cities' -- Monocle Weekend Newsletter 'Discover a plethora of boundary pushing ideas ahead of their time and designs that never left the drawing board' -- The Modern House 'A fantastic survey of 20th century architectural ambitions. It spans a host of ideas that ... run the gamut of the sublime to the ridiculous, often calling into question some of the great visionaries of the modern age' * The London Society * 'A very beautiful hardback book full of colour illustrations and fascinating stories of dreams that never became reality' * Roads.co.uk * 'A thing of beauty' -- John Grindrod * Twitter *

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Christopher Beanland is a journalist, comedy writer and author who specialises in architecture and travel writing. He is the author of Unbuilt: Radical Visions of a Future that Never Arrived and Lido: A dip into outdoor swimming pools: the history, design and people behind them. He writes regularly for the Guardian, Independent and The Telegraph and is the creator of Park Date - a podcast where he interviews celebrity guests in a park. Christopher lives in London.

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