This is an edited excerpt from her book "The Tale of Tomorrow: Utopian Architecture in the Modernist Realm," published by Gestalten. Ambition and arroganceThe Ruth Ford House by Bruce Goff (Aurora, Illinois)Utopian architecture was driven by visions of how life could -- should -- be. It was architecture meant to make things better. Consider modernist architecture, the school most associated with the utopian impulse: Black and white, and Brutalist. The time has come to begin again -- to design a better future.

Source: CNN November 25, 2016 01:02 UTC