A building as big as the world: the anarchist architects who foresaw endless expansion | Architecture
Last modified on Thu 21 Jan 2021 04.56 EST There was a sense of deja vu last week when Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, unveiled his plans for a futuristic 100-mile-long linear city, momentously titled The Line. The dramatic promotional video showed aerial views of a glowing urban ribbon cutting right across the country, forming a “belt of hyperconnected future communities” from sea to sea. It will be free from cars, he declared, powered by renewable energy and run by art...
Source: theguardian.com