Books - Buildings For Tomorrow

Buildings For Tomorrow (by Paul Cattermole) was the first book that I read for my FMP research and probably the most inspiring.  It explores hi-tech and space-age architecture as well as 'alien' architecture.  These are the architects (and their buildings) that I was really impressed by: 

• Bart Prince (mentioned him already in an older post)
• The Renzo Piano Building Worksop (Tjibaou Cultural Centre below):

• Santiago Calatrava (The front cover of the book is the TGV Station in Lyons by him; below is the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia by him):

• Richard Rogers (Lloyds of London):

• Zaha Hadid (Vitra Fire Station in Germany):

• Kenzo Tange (The Fuji-Sankei HQ Building in Tokyo):

• And finally, Snøhetta who are probably the most inspiring because they made this space-age library in Alexandria (Egypt) but also incorporated an external wall upon which is inscribed the alphabets of the world's major languages:






What made this book especially inspiring is that in the reference section at the back, it not only recommends journals and magazines, it also recommends films of the sci-fi genre as 'a starting point for anyone wishing to explore for themselves the complex and seemingly symbiotic relationship between real and cinematic worlds.'