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"As both a living relic of the past and a haunting vision of an indeterminate future (think Blade Runner 2049) the megastructure continues to capture the imagination. Important in its time for offering the first comprehensive survey on the subject, this facsimile edition of Reyner Banham’s 1976 book will appeal to a new readership interested in how the visionary architecture of the 1960s came to be built all over the world. This republication sheds light on an important chapter in the history of late modern architecture as recounted by a major architectural historian and critic who played an instrumental role in the megastructure’s formation."—Sarah Deyong, College of Architecture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln It is an architectural concept as alluring as it is elusive, as futuristic as it is primordial. Megastructure is what it sounds like : a vastly scaled edifice that can contain potentially countless uses, contexts, and adaptations. Theorized and briefly experimented with in built form in the 1960s, megastructures almost as quickly went out of fashion in the profession. But Reyner Banham's 1976 book compiled the origin stories and ongoing mythos of this visionary movement, seeking to chart its lively rise, rapid fall, and ongoing meaning.0Now back in print after decades and with original editions fetching well over

Mouvement moderne --- Années 1960 --- Années 1970 --- Utopie --- Ville "idéale" --- Ville industrielle --- Structure --- Globalisme --- Le Corbusier, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965 --- Gregotti, Vittorio --- Montréal