Exploring the city of tomorrow

By and Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman 2006-06-02T00:00:00

The City of the Captive Globe (1972) by Rem Koolhaas with Madelon Vriesendorp and Elia Zenghelis.

Source: Le Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain du Centre in Orléans

Two London exhibitions present visions of the future in design and materials. The Barbican's Future City offers sometimes outrageous experimental and utopian designs, says Ellis Woodman.

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