''Unbuilt America: Forgotten Architecture in the United States from Thomas Jefferson to the space age'' is a 1976 book by Alison Sky and Michelle Stone. The book describes and shows plans of buildings and monuments, that were planned but never built, throughout the first two centuries of the history of the United States. Projects featured in book include rejects entries for building competitions like the New York Crystal Palace and the

Chicago Tribune Tower The Tribune Tower is a , 36-floor neo-Gothic skyscraper located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Built between 1923 and 1925, the international design competition for the tower became a historic event in 20th-cen ...

and unrealized projects by architects like

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

and

Siah Armajani Siavash "Siah" Armajani ( fa, سیاوش ارمجانی; 10 July 1939 – 27 August 2020) was an Iranian-born American sculptor and architect known for his public art. Family and education Siavash Armajani was born into a wealthy, educated fam ...

. It was reviewed in ''New York Affairs'' by Cora Angier Sowa; a 2007 exhibition at Georgia Tech called ''Unbuilt Atlanta'' cited the book as its inspiration.

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A review of the book
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