TY - BOOK AU - Banham, Reyner. TI - Megastructure: urban futures of the recent past SN - 500340684 AV - NA 9053 .B36 1976 PY - 1976/// CY - London, United Kingdom PB - Thames & Hudson KW - ARCHITECTURE, MODERN -- 20TH CENTURY N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction: dinosaurs of the modern movement -- 2. Antecedents, analogies and megastructures trouvees -- 3. Beginners and begetters -- 4. Megayear 1964 -- 5. Fun and flexibility -- 6. Megacity Montreal -- 7. Megastructure in academe -- 8. Megadecadence: acceptability and exploitation -- 9. Epilogue: the meaning of megastructure -- Appendix: Maki on megastructure -- References -- Sources of illustrations -- Select bibliography -- Index ER -