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Past visions of future cities:where are our flying cars and hoverboards?

United Kingdom Architecture News - Feb 09, 2015 - 12:47   10921 views

Past visions of future cities:where are our flying cars and hoverboards?

The 2010 Saturation City project imagined Melbourne in 40 years’ time, when sea levels have forced the city to concentrate into ‘superblocks’ rising above the water.Photograph:Bild Architecture/A Visual History of the Future

Nate Berg from The Guardian has written an informative and detailed review about the new exhibition of RIBA which will be opened 10 February 2015.

From concepts of airbourne cities to proposals for a dome over Manhattan, these grand plans and unbuildable designs have set high expectations – but some past visions of the future city have materialised.The Future of Cities exhibition opens on 10 February at RIBA in London.......Continue Reading

> via The Guardian