“Pure, unadulterated visions”: A book on the unbuilt

“That a building could become anything tangible — be it remarkable or despicable, banal or glorious, revolutionary or preposterous — despite not being built is a testament to the fact that buildings are much more than simply concrete, stone, timber and glass.”Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin’s introduction to ‘Atlas of Never Built Architecture’ sets the book’s tone with this kind of insight. Phaidon’s tome, richly illustrated with drawings as