Phaidon's new Atlas of Never Built Architecture is a fascinating alternative history of the buildings that never were, grand plans that failed to get off the drawing board, due to politics, money, or a straightforward lack of any realistic chance for construction. Every era has its architectural great white whales. This new atlas features 300 projects culled from the collective power of several centuries’ worth of architectural hubris. That is a powerful source of creativity, idiosyncratic ideas and just plain megalomania, as many of the entries demonstrate.
