Utopias

Top 10 Cities from the World of Comic Books

Citing the important role they tend to play in storylines, the Architects' Journal lists off the top 10 cities from comic books.

11 July 2009 - 7:00am

Architects' Journal

A Look at the Cities of the Future

This slideshow from Treehugger offers visions of the future of cities -- from decades ago and today.

7 February 2009 - 5:00am

Treehugger

Chinatown Reimagined

A Chinese architecture team has proposed a futuristic star-shaped city of 15,000 that would visit cities around the world and change the stereotypes of Chinatowns.

15 September 2008 - 12:00pm

Building

Project Lilypad: A 'Floating Ecopolis'

Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has designed a floating city with the noble goal of housing displaced peoples who's homelands have been destroyed.

23 July 2008 - 7:00am

The Daily Mail

Arcosanti Revisited: The Sustainable Utopia

A short video profile shows renewed interest in Arcosanti, the utopian community founded by architect Paolo Soleri. Could Soleri's 40 yr. old utopia be the wave of the sustainable future?

3 July 2008 - 9:00am

NBC 12 News

Visions of the Future

At the World Science Festival in New York, visions of future cities mix the usual Blade Runner-esque architecture with abundant greenery.

30 May 2008 - 1:00pm

Lisa Feldstein

Equitable Utopias - Thoughts on Walking Away from Omelas

Mon, 05/14/2007 - 15:57

In the short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Ursula LeGuin depicts a utopia that is made possible by the transference of all misery to a child who is kept in a cellar. Some in the community ignore the scapegoat’s existence, choosing the easy life of bliss that is offered to them. Those whose consciences do not allow them to live in willful ignorance often chose to leave Omelas and live complete, full lives that include awareness, and shouldering their own pain.

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