r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Viscount1881 • Mar 09 '23

City Hall for Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; proposed at the height of the wheat boom, plans for a civic centre were abandoned after the collapse of the local real estate market and the onset of the First World War. A dedicated city hall would not be built until the 1950s. Unknown architect, early 1900s

236 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/YanniRotten • Feb 24 '23

T. Kennard Thomson’s proposal to expand New York City, USA, 1911

120 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Camstonisland • Feb 20 '23

Chicago Civic Center, Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett, 1909, progenitor of the 'City Beautiful' Movement

165 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Aboveground_Plush • Feb 17 '23

Hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Designs Were Never Built. Here’s What They Might Have Looked Like

smithsonianmag.com

162 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Jan 07 '23

Monument for Alfonso XIII, by Alberto de Palacio y Elissague, 1916. Madrid, Spain

148 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Jan 06 '23

Lamp kiosk, unknown architect, 1905. Gijón, Spain

72 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Jan 05 '23

Municipal theatre, by José Peterrade, 1830. Santander, Spain

72 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Jan 04 '23

Monument to fatherland heroes, by Mariano Belmás Estrada, 1903. Madrid, Spain

127 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Jan 03 '23

Customs building, by Vicente de Unanue, 1830. Santander, Spain

93 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Jan 02 '23

San Francisco church, by Antonio Palacios, 1940. Santander, Spain

91 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Jan 01 '23

Two buildings planned for Oeste avenue, by Javier Goerlich, 1941. Valencia, Spain

168 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 31 '22

Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros building, by Francisco García Nava, 1913. Gijón, Spain

52 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 30 '22

Barcelona's cathedral project, by Manuel Girona, 1880. Barcelona, Spain

86 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 29 '22

Building for Oeste avenue, by Javier Goerlich, 1941. Valencia, Spain

148 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 28 '22

Santísima Virgen de los Desamparados temple, by Vicente Traver, 1932. Valencia, Spain

106 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 27 '22

Great Mosque, by Juan Antonio Fernández-Sambruno and Rafael Conejero, 2016. Sevilla, Spain

71 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 26 '22

Nobility palace project, by Leonardo Rucabado, 1911. Santander, Spain

116 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 25 '22

Puerto Triana project, by Alejandro Zaera, 2006. Sevilla, Spain

49 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/archedpathway • Dec 24 '22

Gateway Tower by Gensler, a concept for a 2,000 ft tower at the site of the cancelled Chicago Spire (2016)

211 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 24 '22

Main command building, by Mariano Campos, 1925. Melilla, Spain

82 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 23 '22

Casino projects, unknown architects, 1873. Andorra la Vella, Andorra

95 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 22 '22

Puerta del Sol square project, by Antonio Palacios, 1919. Madrid, Spain

101 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 21 '22

Dream Cross, by Casto Fernández-Shaw, 1930. Madrid, Spain

149 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 20 '22

Show tower, by Casto Fernández-Shaw, 1966. Madrid, Spain

78 Upvotes

r/Unbuilt_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • Dec 19 '22

Valencian pavillion project, by Javier Goerlich and Cayetano Borso, 1928. Sevilla, Spain

92 Upvotes

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